Psalm 39:6

Tree of Life Version

Behold, You made my days mere hand-breadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Surely all humanity is but vapor. Selah

Cross References

Job 14:1

“A mortal born of woman, is of few days and full of turmoil.

Job 7:16

I despise it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a vapor.

Job 7:7

Remember, my life is but a breath; my eyes will not see goodness again!

Psalm 127:2

In vain you rise up early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil— for He provides for His beloved ones even in their sleep.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a breath— his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 89:48

Remember how short my life span is! For what futility have You created all the children of men?

Proverbs 13:22

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

Proverbs 23:5

When you cast your eyes 0n riches, it is gone; for it surely sprouts wings and flies off into the sky like an eagle.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches are not forever, nor a crown from generation to generation.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So banish anxiety from your heart and cast off distress from your body, for youth and prime of life are fleeting.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

A final word, when all has been heard: Fear God and keep His mitzvot! For this applies to all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Evanescent vapors,” says Kohelet. All is futility.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases Him, He gives wisdom, knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating wealth to give it to one who pleases God. This also is only vapor and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as the treasure of kings and the provinces. I acquired male and female singers for myself, as well as the luxuries of humankind—vaults and vaults of them.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As he came from his mother’s womb, naked he will return as he came. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for what is not bread? Your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance.

Luke 12:26

So if you cannot do even something very little, why do you worry about other things?

Luke 12:29

“So do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use the world, as though not using it to the fullest. For the present form of this world is passing away.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

James 5:3

Your gold and your silver have rusted and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

For, “All humanity is like grass, And all its glory like a wildflower. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your worries on Him, for He cares for you.