Psalms 49:12
But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
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- Ps 49:20 : 20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
- Ps 82:7 : 7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
- Eccl 3:18-21 : 18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts. 19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose. 20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again. 21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
- Ps 39:5 : 5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
- Eccl 9:12 : 12 Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
- Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end. 11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
- 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
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- Ps 49:17-204 verses86%
17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,
19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
- Ps 49:9-113 verses79%
9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.
10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.
11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.
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4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
- Eccl 3:18-214 verses77%
18 I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
20 All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.
21 Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?
- Ps 49:13-142 verses76%
13 This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)
14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
- Ps 103:15-162 verses74%
15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
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4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.
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15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
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10 But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
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2 He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
- Job 4:19-213 verses73%
19 How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;
20 Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.
21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
- Ps 89:47-482 verses73%
47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?
48 What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)
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22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
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7 Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
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29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.
- Ps 39:5-62 verses71%
5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
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24 For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:
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24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
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12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.
- Jas 1:10-112 verses71%
10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
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11 They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;
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7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
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16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
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11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
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26 They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed:
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4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.
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13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.
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17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
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8 For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.
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17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,
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11 By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
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9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
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19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
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6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
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12 When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.