Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:

I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

Would

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

"No doubt, but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

Man be

What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

A wild

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

General references

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.