Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 49:12 : 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Eccl 3:18-19 : 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
- Job 4:21 : 21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
- Esth 5:11-14 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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- Ps 49:9-146 verses86%
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
- Eccl 3:18-214 verses72%
18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
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3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
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17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
- Job 4:20-212 verses69%
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
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7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
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15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
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23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
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13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
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29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
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20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
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4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,