Psalm 78:39


For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh,
A wind that goes and does not return.

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years.”

Job 7:7


“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

Job 7:16


“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].

Job 10:9


‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
So will You turn me into dust again?

Psalm 103:14-16


For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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Summary

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

A wind

Bible References

For he

Psalm 103:14

For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years.”
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

A wind

James 4:14
Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].