Psalms 103:16

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The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

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  • Isa 40:7 : 7 The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.
  • Job 20:9 : 9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.
  • Gen 5:24 : 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God took him.
  • Job 7:6-9 : 6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. 7 Remember that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see good again. 8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more. 9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return. 10 He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.
  • Job 8:18-19 : 18 But if they are uprooted from their place, that place will deny them, saying, 'I never saw you.' 19 Surely this is the joy of their way, and out of the dust, others will spring up.
  • Job 14:10 : 10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?
  • Job 27:20-21 : 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away. 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 103:14-15
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    14For He knows how we are formed; He remembers that we are dust.

    15As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.

  • Isa 40:7-8
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    78%

    7The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.

    8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.

  • 2He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • 4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

    11For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

  • Job 6:17-18
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    17but when they are warmed, they vanish; when heated, they disappear from their place.

    18Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go into the wasteland and perish.

  • Job 14:10-11
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    10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?

    11As the waters of a lake dry up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

  • Eccl 1:4-6
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    4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

    6The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.

  • 4When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

  • 12While still in their greenness and not cut down, they wither more quickly than any grass.

  • 24For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,

  • 39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

  • Ps 90:5-6
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    5You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—

    6In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.

  • 17But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children.

  • 20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

  • 18They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.

    10He will never come back to his house; his place will know him no more.

  • 16Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

  • 15all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

  • Job 4:20-21
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    20From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

    21Isn't their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.

  • 21Now no one sees the bright light in the clouds, but the wind has passed and cleared them.

  • 21The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

  • 25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous have an everlasting foundation.

  • 29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.

  • 17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square.

  • 9The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more.

  • 36Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.

  • 12Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names.

  • 11Because of your wrath and indignation, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

  • 24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

  • 7Remember that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see good again.

  • 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

  • 7A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

  • 3Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, like dew that vanishes early, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and like smoke escaping through a window.

  • 6Their love, their hatred, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a part in anything that happens under the sun.

  • 10In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

  • 10Even if transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes it, drying up in the very garden bed where it grew?’

  • 7And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

  • 1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.

  • 15Whatever has already been, and what will be has already been; and God seeks what has been pursued.