Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Understandeth
Is like
Bible References
Man
Psalm 49:12
But man cannot continue in [his] pomp. He is like the beasts [that] perish.
Esther 5:11
And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth and the number of his sons and all [the ways] that the king had honored him and promoted him above the officials and king's servants.
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.
Understandeth
Job 4:21
[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'
Is like
Psalm 73:18
Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.
Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said to myself concerning {humans}, "God sifts them in order to show them that they are like beasts."