Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
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- Psalm 73:22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
- Psalm 49:12 But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
- Genesis 3:17–19 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.