Psalms 49:12

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

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  • Ps 49:20 : 20 They will go to the generation of their fathers; they will never see the light again.
  • Ps 82:7 : 7 However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.
  • Eccl 3:18-21 : 18 I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals. 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For 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.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:17-20
    4 verses
    86%

    17Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

    18For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his glory will not follow him down.

    19Though he blesses himself during his lifetime, and people praise you when you prosper,

    20They will go to the generation of their fathers; they will never see the light again.

  • Ps 49:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9for the redemption of their soul is costly, and it ceases forever—

    10that he should live on forever and not see the pit of decay.

    11For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others.

  • Ps 144:4
    77%

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

  • Eccl 3:18-21
    4 verses
    77%

    18I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man, that God is testing them to show them that they are like animals.

    19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.

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

    21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?

  • Ps 49:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13But man in his honor does not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.

    14This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.

  • Ps 103:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

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

    16The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

  • Ps 146:4
    74%

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

  • Job 34:15
    74%

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

  • Job 14:10
    74%

    10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?

  • Job 14:2
    74%

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

  • Job 4:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

    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.

  • Ps 89:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath keep burning like fire?

    48Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!

  • Isa 2:22
    73%

    22Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

  • Job 20:7
    73%

    7he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

  • Ps 39:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.

    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    71%

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

  • Prov 27:24
    71%

    24For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

  • Job 14:12
    71%

    12so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • Jas 1:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Heb 1:11
    71%

    11'They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.'

  • Ps 82:7
    70%

    7However, like men, you will die; and like one of the princes, you will fall.

  • Eccl 2:16
    70%

    16For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!

  • Eccl 6:11
    70%

    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

  • Ps 102:26
    70%

    26Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Jer 12:4
    70%

    4How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

  • Job 21:13
    70%

    13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • Job 18:17
    70%

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

  • Job 22:8
    70%

    8But the powerful man owns the land, and the honored man dwells in it.

  • Job 7:17
    69%

    17What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • Ps 39:11
    69%

    11Remove Your stroke from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.

  • Job 27:19
    69%

    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Job 25:6
    69%

    6How much less a mortal, who is but a maggot, and a human, who is only a worm!

  • Job 8:12
    69%

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