Quotes About Transience

Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of Godís wrath.

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

For you say, ëWhere now is the noblemanís house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?í

They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.

They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

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.

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

that he should live on forever and not see decay.

But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.