Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
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Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
Job 14:21His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.
Psalms 16:5The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.
Psalms 89:47\89:46\How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
Psalms 102:11\102:10\Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:12
The Insatiableness of Desire. 11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Here, 1. Solomon lays down his conclusion which he had undertaken to prove, as that which was fully confirmed by the foregoing discourse: There be many things that increase vanity; the life of man is vain, at the best, and there are… Read the whole commentary →