Quotes About Life

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

The house he built is like a mothís cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Abaddon and Death say, ëWe have heard a rumor about it.í

when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

So I thought: ëI will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.