1Sa 4:20, Psa 39:6, Ecc 2:18-19, 9:5, Isa 39:7-8, 63:16 | ESV | STEP | And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, Do not be afraid , for you have borne a son . But she did not answer or pay attention .

1 Samuel 4:20

20 And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, ^a“Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.

Psalms 39:6

6 Surely a man ^bgoes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing ^{▼▼Hebrew Surely as a breath} they are in turmoil;
man ^dheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

The Vanity of Toil

18 I hated ^eall my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must ^fleave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

5 For the living know that they will die, but ^gthe dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for ^hthe memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 39:7-8

7 ⁱAnd some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, ^j“There will be peace and security in my days.”

Isaiah 63:16

16 For ^kyou are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
^lour Redeemer from of old is your name.