Psalms 39:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor.(Selah)

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:28 : 28 So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
  • Isa 50:9 : 9 Look, the Sovereign LORD helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them.
  • Hos 5:12 : 12 The Curse of the Incurable Wound I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. 31 But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”
  • 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
  • Job 30:30 : 30 My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! 2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. 3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin. 4 For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear. 5 My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. 6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. 7 For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick. 8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
  • Ps 90:7-9 : 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins. 9 Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. 10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.
  • Ps 102:10-11 : 10 because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away. 11 My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.
  • Job 4:19 : 19 how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 39:10
    78%

    10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • Ps 39:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4“O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

    5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)

    6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

  • Ps 144:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Ps 4:2
    73%

    2You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive?(Selah)

  • Ps 89:45-47
    3 verses
    71%

    45You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame.(Selah)

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

  • Job 14:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 7:17
    71%

    17Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

  • Eccl 6:11
    71%

    11The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

  • Job 13:28
    71%

    28So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

  • Ps 80:16
    70%

    16It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

  • Prov 5:11
    70%

    11And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

  • Job 34:15
    70%

    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

  • Job 4:19
    70%

    19how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

  • Jer 10:24
    70%

    24Correct us, LORD, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

  • Ps 62:9
    70%

    9Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

  • Isa 2:22
    70%

    22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

  • Lam 3:39
    70%

    39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

  • Ps 90:3
    70%

    3You make mankind return to the dust, and say,“Return, O people!”

  • Job 16:8
    70%

    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

  • Ps 89:41
    69%

    41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

  • Job 25:6
    69%

    6how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

  • Job 40:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

    11Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

  • Ps 49:12
    69%

    12but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

  • Ps 94:11
    69%

    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

  • Ps 39:12
    69%

    12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • Job 5:17
    69%

    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Prov 27:21
    69%

    21As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.

  • Jas 1:11
    69%

    11For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

  • Job 11:3
    69%

    3Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?

  • Job 36:24
    69%

    24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

  • Ps 52:5
    69%

    5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

  • Eccl 11:8-10
    3 verses
    69%

    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

    9Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

    10Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

  • Ps 103:15
    69%

    15A person’s life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes,

  • Job 10:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

    5Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

  • Jer 4:30
    68%

    30And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress, decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you.

  • Ps 52:1
    68%

    1For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul:“David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!

  • Ps 31:10
    68%

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Ps 90:6
    68%

    6in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

  • Job 7:5
    68%

    5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

  • Prov 29:1
    68%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.