The Bible Compares Short-Lived Life to:

1. A pilgrimage (Genesis 47:9)
2. Water spilled on the ground (2 Samuel 14:14)
3. Wind (Job 7:7)
4. A passing cloud (Job 7:9)
5. A weaver's shuttle (Job 7:6)
6. A shadow (Job 14:2; Psalm 144:4)
7. Flowers that fade away (Job 14:2; Psalm 103:15; Isaiah 40:6-8; James 1:10; 1 Peter 1:24; cp. note,  Psalm 90:5)
8. Grass that dies (Psalm 37:2; Psalm 90:5-6; 1 Peter 1:24)
9. Green herbs that wither (Psalm 37:2)
10. Nothing (Psalm 39:5)
11. A dream (Psalm 73:20)
12. Sleep that is soon over (Psalm 90:5)
13. Vanity (Psalm 144:4)
14. A vapor (James 4:14)

Don't waste time, energy, money, or relationships for useless things. Your life is a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes (Jam 4:14). Brevity of life can be lengthened by obedience and faith.