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Psalms 39:6

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a vain show: Heb. an image, There is but the semblance of being. He appeareth for a little, and then vanisheth. 1 Corinthians 7:31; James 4:14

surely: Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 2:17-18, Ecclesiastes 2:20-21, Ecclesiastes 4:7-8, Ecclesiastes 6:11-12, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 55:2; Luke 10:40-42, Luke 12:20-21, Luke 12:29; 1 Peter 5:7

he heapeth: Psalms 49:10-11; Job 27:16-17; Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 27:24; Ecclesiastes 2:8, Ecclesiastes 2:18-21, Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Luke 12:20-21; James 5:3

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