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Psalms 49:12

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Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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  1. Psalms 49:10

    For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  2. Psalms 49:11

    Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

  3. Psalms 49:13

    This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

  4. Psalms 49:14

    Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

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