Psalms 49:12
Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
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- Ps 49:20 : 20 Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
- Ps 82:7 : 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
- Eccl 3:18-21 : 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?
- Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
- Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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- Ps 49:17-204 verses86%
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
- Ps 49:9-113 verses79%
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.
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4 Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
- Eccl 3:18-214 verses77%
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?
- Ps 49:13-142 verses76%
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.
- Ps 103:15-162 verses74%
15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
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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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15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
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10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
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2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Job 4:19-213 verses73%
19 How much less [in] them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation [is] in the dust, [which] are crushed before the moth?
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.
- Ps 89:47-482 verses73%
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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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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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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29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
- Ps 39:5-62 verses71%
5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
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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24 ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
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12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
- Jas 1:10-112 verses71%
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
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7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
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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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11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
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26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
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4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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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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17 ¶ What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
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11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.
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9 Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
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19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
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6 How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm?
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12 Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.