Verse 4

And why? As longe as a man lyueth, he is careles: for a quyck dogg (saye they) is better the a deed lion:

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:7-9 : 7 Yf a tre be cutt downe, there is some hope yet, that it will sproute and shute forth the braunches againe: 8 For though a rote be waxen olde and deed in the grounde, yet whe the stocke 9 getteth the sent of water, it will budde, and brynge forth bowes, like as when it was first planted. 10 But as for man, when he is deed, perished and consumed awaye, what becommeth of him? 11 The floudes when they be dryed vp, & the ryuers when they be emptie, are fylled agayne thorow the flowinge waters of the see: 12 but when man slepeth, he ryseth not agayne, vntill the heauen perish: he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe.
• Job 27:8 : 8 What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre?
• Isa 38:18 : 18 For hell prayseth not the, death doth not magnifie the. They that go downe into the graue, prayse not thy treuth:
• Lam 3:21-22 : 21 Whyle I cosidre these thinges in my hert, I get a hope agayne. 22 Namely, that the mercies of the LORDE are not clene gone, & that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not.
• Luke 16:26-29 : 26 And beside all this, there is a greate space set betwene vs and you: so yt they which wolde go downe from hence vnto you, cannot: nether maye they passe ouer from thence vnto vs. 27 Then sayde he: I pray the then father, that thou wilt sende him vnto my fathers house, 28 for I haue yet fyue brethren, that he maye warne them, lest they also come in to this place of torment. 29 Abraham sayde vnto him: They haue Moses and the prophetes, let them heare them.