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%

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

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.

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

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

  • Ps 49:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Ps 144:4
    77%

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

  • Eccl 3:18-21
    4 verses
    77%

    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?

  • Ps 49:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    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 103:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Ps 146:4
    74%

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

  • Job 34:15
    74%

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

  • Job 14:10
    74%

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

  • Job 14:2
    74%

    2He 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%

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

    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.

  • Ps 89:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Isa 2:22
    73%

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

  • Job 20:7
    73%

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

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29He 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%

    5Behold, 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.

    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.

  • 1 Pet 1:24
    71%

    24Because "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
    71%

    24For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?

  • Job 14:12
    71%

    12So 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
    2 verses
    71%

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

    11For 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%

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

  • Ps 82:7
    70%

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

  • Eccl 2:16
    70%

    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.

  • Eccl 6:11
    70%

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

  • Ps 102:26
    70%

    26They 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%

    4How 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%

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

  • Job 18:17
    70%

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

  • Job 22:8
    70%

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

  • Job 7:17
    69%

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

  • Ps 39:11
    69%

    11When 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%

    9Surely 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%

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

  • Job 25:6
    69%

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

  • Job 8:12
    69%

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