Quotes about Mortality
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
— Job 27:19
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
— Job 30:23
all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
— Job 34:15
They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
— Job 34:20
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
— Job 36:14
Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
— Job 40:13
And so Job died, old and full of years.
— Job 42:17
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
— Psalm 37:2
yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
— Psalm 37:36
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
— Psalm 39:4
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
— Psalm 39:5
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
— Psalm 39:6