Ecclesiastes 3:19
For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.
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Job 14:10Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?
Psalms 49:12If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
Psalms 49:20Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all that is done under the sun, and behold: all is emptiness and an affliction of the spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The eyes of a wise man are in his head. A foolish man walks in darkness. Yet I learned that one would pass away like the other.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →