Psalm 39:6

New American Bible - revised edition

To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days; indeed, my life is as nothing before you. Every man is but a breath. Selah

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the one who displeases, God gives the task of gathering possessions for the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

James 4:14

you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

1 Corinthians 7:31

those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this concerns all humankind;

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As they came forth from their mother’s womb, so again shall they return, naked as they came, having nothing from their toil to bring with them.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.

Luke 12:29

As for you, do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not worry anymore.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what does not satisfy? Only listen to me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, all things are vanity! Epilogue.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasures of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and delights of men, many women.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a chase after wind.

Proverbs 13:22

The good leave an inheritance to their children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise early and put off your rest at night, To eat bread earned by hard toil— all this God gives to his beloved in sleep.

1 Peter 1:24

for: “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the field; the grass withers, and the flower wilts;

James 5:3

your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days.

Proverbs 27:24

For wealth does not last forever, nor even a crown from age to age.

Proverbs 23:5

When your glance flits to it, it is gone! For assuredly it grows wings, like the eagle that flies toward heaven.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is like the wind; my eye will not see happiness again.

Job 7:16

I waste away: I will not live forever; let me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 14:1

Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble,

Psalm 89:48

Remember how brief life is, how frail the sons of man you have created!

Psalm 144:4

Man is but a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Banish misery from your heart and remove pain from your body, for youth and black hair are fleeting.

Luke 12:26

If even the smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest?