Quotes about Mortality
Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
— Judges 12:12
But Asahel refused to turn away; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
— 2 Samuel 2:23
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
— 1 Chronicles 29:15
This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
— 2 Chronicles 21:19
When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
— 2 Chronicles 24:15
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
— Job 1:21
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
— Job 4:19
Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
— Job 4:21
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
— Job 5:26
“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
— Job 7:1
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
— Job 7:5
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
— Job 7:6