Quotes About Life

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a manís hope.

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of Godís mouth will carry him away.

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

and say to corruption, ëYou are my father,í and to the worm, ëMy mother,í or ëMy sister,í

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.