8 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
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Job 27:19–21
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
Job 14:1–3
1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. 2 Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure. 3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Wisdom of Solomon 5:13–15
13 So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be; and we had no sign of virtue to show, but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.” (WEB) 14 Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind, and as foam vanishing before a tempest; and is scat… (WEB)
Psalms 103:15–17
15 As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; 16 when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more. 17 But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His rig…
Hosea 13:2–4
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Sirach 34:1–3
1 Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools. (WEB) 2 As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams. (WEB) 3 The vision of dreams is a reflection, the likeness of a face near a face. (WEB)
Job 15:29–31
29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land. 30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away. 31 Let him not deceive himself with trus…
Psalms 37:35–37
35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, 36 yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found. 37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
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