Psalm 49:12
But man being in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:18–20 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. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
- Psalm 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
- Psalm 49:20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.