Psalms 144:4

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 144

“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”Psalms 144:4

What Does Psalms 144:4 Mean?

Psalms 144:4 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 144, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Psalms 144:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Job 14:2“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”Revelation 21:4“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”Ecclesiastes 1:2“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”Psalms 39:5“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”Job 8:9“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”Psalms 102:11“My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.”1 Chronicles 29:15“For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.”Ecclesiastes 6:12“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?”Psalms 109:23“I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.”Job 7:6“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.”Ecclesiastes 9:9“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.”2 Samuel 14:14“For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.”Psalms 89:47“Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?”Ecclesiastes 12:8“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.”Job 7:16“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”Job 14:1“Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.”Psalms 39:11“When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.”Psalms 62:9“Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.”Psalms 103:15“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.”Ecclesiastes 1:14“I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”

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