Quotes about Ephemeral
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
— Job 9:25
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
— Job 15:29
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
— Job 20:8
The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
— Job 27:18
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
— Psalm 39:6
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
— Psalm 62:9
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
— Psalm 89:47
As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
— Psalm 103:15
when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
— Psalm 103:16
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
— Psalm 109:23
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
— Psalm 129:6
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
— Psalm 144:4