Psalms 49:20
Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
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- Ps 49:12 : 12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
- Ps 73:18-19 : 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction. 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
- Eccl 3:18-19 : 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.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
- Job 4:21 : 21 If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?
- Esth 5:11-14 : 11 And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king. 12 And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king. 13 But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway. 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.
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- Ps 49:9-146 verses86%
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.
12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
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.
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6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
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19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.
- Eccl 3:18-214 verses72%
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?
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21 His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
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8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
- Ps 144:3-42 verses71%
3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
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16 The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.
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12 And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.
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17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
- Job 4:20-212 verses69%
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?
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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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22 As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.
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9 It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
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15 All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.
16 If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.
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23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
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3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
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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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2 For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:
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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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12 But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
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11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.
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7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
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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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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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9 He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.
10 An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.
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24 A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
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12 He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.
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13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.
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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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5 Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.
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29 If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
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23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
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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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21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
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20 At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.
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4 Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,