Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Bible References

Cease

Psalm 62:9

Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 146:3

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Psalm 62:9

Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 146:3

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.

Whose

Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.
Job 27:3

As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.
Job 27:3

As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,

For wherein

Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
Psalm 8:4

What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psalm 144:3

Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?
Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
Psalm 8:4

What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psalm 144:3

Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?