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Ecc 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

that which		Ecc 2:16; Psa 49:12,20; Psa 92:6,7
as the		2Sa 14:14; Job 14:10-12; Psa 104:29
for		Ecc 2:20-23; Psa 39:5,6; Psa 89:47,48

Correlating Passages

that which

	Ecc 2:16	For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.
	Psa 49:12	Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
	Psa 49:20	Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
	Psa 92:6	A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
	Psa 92:7	When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:

as the

	2Sa 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.
	Job 14:10	But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
	Job 14:11	[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
	Job 14:12	So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
	Psa 104:29	Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

for

	Ecc 2:20	Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
	Ecc 2:21	For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
	Ecc 2:22	For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
	Ecc 2:23	For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
	Psa 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.
	Psa 39:6	Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
	Psa 89:47	Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
	Psa 89:48	What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 3:19," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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