Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
For he
A wind
Bible References
For he
Psalm 103:14
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
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].