Verse 6

Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.
  • Luke 12:20-21 : 20 But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared? 21 Thus goeth it with him yt gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.
  • 1 Cor 7:31 : 31 & they that vse this worlde, be as though they vsed it not. For the fasshion off this worlde passeth awaye.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 & yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye:
  • Eccl 5:14 : 14 For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye, 17 he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money.
  • Ps 49:10-11 : 10 For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other. 11 Loke what is in their houses, it cotinueth still: their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another, & are called after their owne names vpon the earth,
  • Ps 127:2 : 2 Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the watchman waketh but in vayne.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.
  • Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches abyde not allwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer.
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the Sone, & lo, they are all but vanite & vexacion of mynde.
  • Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered syluer & golde together, euen a treasure of kynges & londes. I prouided me syngers and wome which coude playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses.
  • Eccl 2:17-21 : 17 Thus begane I to be weery of my life, in so moch that I coude awaye with nothinge that is done vnder the Sonne, for all was but vanite & vexacion of mynde: 18 Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me: 19 for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge? 20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne: 21 for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.
  • Eccl 6:11-12 : 11 A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men:
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherfore do ye laye out yor moneye, for the thinge yt fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal eate of the best, & youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleteousnes.
  • Luke 10:40-42 : 40 But Martha made hirself moch to do, for to serue him. And she stepte vnto him, and sayde: LORDE, carest thou not, that my sister letteth me serue alone? Byd her therfore, that she helpe me. 41 But Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Martha Martha, thou takest thought, and combrest thy self aboute many thinges: 42 there is but one thinge nedefull. Mary hath chosen a good parte, which shal not be taken awaye from her.
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate, or what ye shal drynke, and clymme not vp an hye:
  • Eccl 4:7-8 : 7 Morouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne. 8 There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.
  • Jas 5:3 : 3 Youre golde & yor siluer are cancred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you, & shal eate youre flesshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yor last dayes:
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, & the floure falleth awaye
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all youre care on him, for he careth for you.