Psalm 49:12
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:18–20 I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.” For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other — they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile. All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
- Psalm 39:5 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
- Psalm 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.