Psalms 49:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 49:12 : 12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • Eccl 3:18-19 : 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.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
  • Job 4:21 : 21 Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.
  • Esth 5:11-14 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, 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, Yes, Queen Esther did let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared, but myself; and tomorrow I am invited to her also with the king. 13 Yet all this profits me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 Then Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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  • Ps 49:9-14
    6 verses
    86%

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

    10For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

    11Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

    12Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish.

    13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

    14Like 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 92:6
    76%

    6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • Ps 49:19
    74%

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

  • Eccl 3:18-21
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    72%

    18I 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.

    19For 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.

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

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

  • Job 14:21
    72%

    21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.

  • Ps 94:8
    71%

    8Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    71%

    3LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that you make account of him!

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

  • Prov 21:16
    70%

    16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Job 11:12
    70%

    12For hollow man would be wise, though man is born like a wild donkey's colt.

  • Ps 49:17
    70%

    17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

  • Job 4:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

  • Job 20:7
    69%

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

  • Ps 73:22
    69%

    22So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

  • Job 32:9
    69%

    9Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

  • Job 34:15-16
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    69%

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

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 5:23
    69%

    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Job 18:3
    69%

    3Why are we counted as beasts, and considered vile in your sight?

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

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

  • Prov 30:2
    68%

    2Surely I am more ignorant than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.

  • Eccl 2:16
    68%

    16For 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.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
    68%

    12But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption;

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for how much is he to be accounted of?

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  • Prov 12:9-10
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    9He who is despised and has a servant is better than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

    10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  • Prov 20:24
    67%

    24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?

  • Prov 11:12
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    12He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely 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.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

  • Deut 32:29
    67%

    29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  • Prov 29:23
    67%

    23A man's pride will bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

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

  • Prov 15:21
    67%

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Ps 32:9
    67%

    9Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be controlled with bit and bridle, lest they come near you.

  • Job 18:20
    67%

    20Those who come after him shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were terrified.

  • Job 20:4
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    4Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,