Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.
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- Psalm 49:12 But man, despite his riches, doesn’t endure. He is like the animals that perish.
- Psalm 49:20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.
- Job 14:10–12 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up, so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.