Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 49:12 : 12 But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
- Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Eccl 3:18-19 : 18 I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
- Job 4:21 : 21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
- Esth 5:11-14 : 11 And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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- Ps 49:9-146 verses86%
9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.
12 But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. {{Selah
14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
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19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
- Eccl 3:18-214 verses72%
18 I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
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21 His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Ps 144:3-42 verses71%
3 Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
4 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
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12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
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17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.
- Job 4:20-212 verses69%
20 Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
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7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
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9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.
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15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.
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23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
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4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
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2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
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16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
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12 But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,
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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {{Selah
- Prov 12:9-102 verses67%
9 Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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24 A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
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12 He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
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13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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5 Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.
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29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
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23 A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
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8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
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21 Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
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9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
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20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
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4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,