Psalms 49:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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  • Ps 49:20 : 20 Man that is in honor, and does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 82:7 : 7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
  • Eccl 3:18-21 : 18 I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts. 19 For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
  • Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls 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 will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:17-20
    4 verses
    86%

    17 For when he dies 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 you, when you do well to yourself.

    19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

    20 Man that is in honor, and does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.

  • Ps 49:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9 That he should still live forever, and not see corruption.

    10 For he sees 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 forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

  • Ps 144:4
    77%

    4 Man is like vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

  • Eccl 3:18-21
    4 verses
    77%

    18 I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are like beasts.

    19 For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

    20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

  • Ps 49:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    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 103:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

    16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.

  • Ps 146:4
    74%

    4 His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  • Job 34:15
    74%

    15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.

  • Job 14:10
    74%

    10 But man dies and wastes away; yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

  • Job 14:2
    74%

    2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.

  • Job 4:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

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

    20 They are destroyed from morning to evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

    21 Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.

  • Ps 89:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47 Remember how short my time is; why have you made all men in vain?

    48 What man can live and not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah.

  • Isa 2:22
    73%

    22 Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?

  • Job 20:7
    73%

    7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

  • Ps 39:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 Behold, you have made my days as a handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

    6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    71%

    24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

  • Prov 27:24
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    24 For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?

  • Job 14:12
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    12 So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    71%

    10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

    11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

  • Heb 1:11
    71%

    11 They shall perish; but You remain; and they all shall grow old as does a garment;

  • Ps 82:7
    70%

    7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

  • Eccl 2:16
    70%

    16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

  • Eccl 6:11
    70%

    11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

  • Ps 102:26
    70%

    26 They shall perish, but you shall endure; yes, all of them shall grow old like a garment; as a cloak you shall change them, and they shall be changed.

  • Jer 12:4
    70%

    4 How long will the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds are consumed, because they said, 'He will not see our final end.'

  • Job 21:13
    70%

    13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to the grave.

  • Job 18:17
    70%

    17 His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

  • Job 22:8
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    8 But as for the mighty man, he possessed the land; and the honorable man lived in it.

  • Job 7:17
    69%

    17 What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him?

  • Ps 39:11
    69%

    11 When you correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, you make his beauty to fade like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    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.

  • Job 27:19
    69%

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

  • Job 25:6
    69%

    6 How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm?

  • Job 8:12
    69%

    12 While it is still green and not cut down, it withers before any other herb.