Psalms 49:20
A man is in an honourable state, but he wyll not vnderstande it: he is lyke herein vnto bruite beastes that perishe.
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- Ps 49:12 : 12 Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in such honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe.
- Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed. 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne: they faynt, they consume away for very dread.
- Eccl 3:18-19 : 18 I communed with myne owne heart also concernyng the children of men, howe God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appeare as though they were beastes. 19 For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the galous that he had made for Mardocheus: Then was the kinges wrath pacified.
- Job 4:21 : 21 Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome.
- Esth 5:11-14 : 11 And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the thinges wherein the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the king. 12 Haman saide moreouer: Yea, Esther the queene did let no man come in with the king vnto the bancket that she had prepared, except me: and to morowe am I bidden vnto her also with the king. 13 But in all this am I not satisfied, as long as I see Mardocheus the Iewe sitting at the kinges gate. 14 Then saide Zares his wyfe and all his friendes vnto him: Let them make a galous of fiftie cubites hie, and to morowe speake thou vnto the king that Mardocheus may be hanged thereon: then go thou in meryly with the king vnto the banket. And Haman was well content withall, and caused the galous to be made.
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- Ps 49:9-146 verses86%
9 yea though he lyue long and see not the graue.
10 For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.
11 And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer, and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another: therfore they call landes after their owne names.
12 Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in such honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe.
13 This their way is their foolishnesse: yet their posteritie prayse their saying. Selah.
14 They shalbe put into a graue dead as a sheepe, death shall feede on them: but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng, their beautie shall consume away, hell shall receaue them from their house.
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6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.
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19 But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght.
- Eccl 3:18-214 verses72%
18 I communed with myne owne heart also concernyng the children of men, howe God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appeare as though they were beastes.
19 For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.
20 They go all vnto one place: for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turne vnto dust agayne.
21 Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?
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21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.
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8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?
- Ps 144:3-42 verses71%
3 O God, what is man that thou doest knowe hym? what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym?
4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away.
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16 The man that wandereth out of the way of wysdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
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12 Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.
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17 For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym.
- Job 4:20-212 verses69%
20 They shalbe smitten from the morning vnto the euening: yea they shall perishe for euer, when no man regardeth them.
21 Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome.
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7 Yet at a turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
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22 So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding: I was euen a bruite beast before thee.
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9 Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:
- Job 34:15-162 verses69%
15 All fleshe shall come to naught at once, and all men shall turne againe vnto dust.
16 If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:
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23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.
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3 Wherfore are we counted as beastes, and reputed so vyle in your sight?
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4 Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde.
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2 Surely I am more foolishe then any man, and haue no mans vnderstandyng.
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16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.
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12 But these, as bruite beastes ledde with sensualitie, and made to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of the thynges that they vnderstande not, and shall perishe through their owne corruption,
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11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.
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7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse.
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22 Ceasse therfore from man in whose nosethrilles there is breath: for wherin is he to be accompted of?
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48 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah.
- Prov 12:9-102 verses67%
9 He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.
10 A ryghteous man regardeth the lyfe of his cattell: but the vngodly haue cruell heartes.
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24 The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
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12 A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.
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13 Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.
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6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
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5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement: but they that seeke the Lord, vnderstande all thinges.
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29 O that they were wyse, and vnderstoode this, that they woulde consider their latter ende.
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23 After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
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8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it.
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21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.
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9 Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.
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20 They that come after him, shalbe astonyed at his day, and they that go before shalbe afrayde.
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4 Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,