Quotes about Mortality
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
— Ecclesiastes 7:15
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
— Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
— Ecclesiastes 9:4
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
— Ecclesiastes 9:5
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
— Ecclesiastes 9:6
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 11:8
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
— Ecclesiastes 12:2
Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,
— Ecclesiastes 12:6
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
— Ecclesiastes 12:7
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
— Isaiah 14:11
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
— Isaiah 38:1
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
— Isaiah 38:10