Psalm 62:9

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Psalm 39:5

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude

Isaiah 40:15

"Look! The nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the scales. Look! He even lifts up the islands like powder!

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.

Psalm 39:11

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

1 Samuel 18:5

David went out and was successful everywhere Saul sent him, and Saul put him in charge of the troops. This pleased the entire army, as well as Saul's officials.

1 Samuel 18:7

As the women sang and played, they said, "Saul has struck down his thousands but David his ten thousands."

1 Samuel 18:21-26

Saul told himself, "I'll give her to him and she can be a snare to him and the Philistines will harm him." So Saul told David, "For a second time you can be my son-in-law today."

1 Samuel 23:12

Then David said, "Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?"

1 Samuel 23:19-20

People from Ziph came up to Saul at Gibeah and informed him, "David is hiding with us in the strongholds in Horesh and on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon, isn't he?

1 Samuel 26:21-25

Then Saul said, "I've wronged you. Return, my son David, for I won't harm you again because my life was precious to you today. Look, I've acted foolishly and have made a very great mistake."

2 Samuel 15:6

By doing all of this to anyone who came to the king for a hearing, Absalom stole the loyalty of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:31

Just then, someone told David, "Ahithophel is one of Absalom's conspirators!" So David prayed, "LORD, please turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness."

Psalm 55:13-14

but it is you a man whom I treated as my equal my personal confidant, my close friend!

Psalm 116:11

and speak hastily, "All people are liars!"

Psalm 118:9

It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL: You've been weighed on the scales and you don't measure up.

Matthew 21:9

Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

John 19:15

Then they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?"

Romans 3:4

Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, "You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Lighter

Bible References

Surely

Psalm 39:5
Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
1 Samuel 18:5
David went out and was successful everywhere Saul sent him, and Saul put him in charge of the troops. This pleased the entire army, as well as Saul's officials.
1 Samuel 23:12
Then David said, "Will the people of Keilah hand me over to Saul?"
2 Samuel 15:6
By doing all of this to anyone who came to the king for a hearing, Absalom stole the loyalty of the men of Israel.
Matthew 21:9
Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"
John 19:15
Then they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?"

Of high

Psalm 55:13
but it is you a man whom I treated as my equal my personal confidant, my close friend!
Psalm 118:9
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes.
1 Samuel 18:21
Saul told himself, "I'll give her to him and she can be a snare to him and the Philistines will harm him." So Saul told David, "For a second time you can be my son-in-law today."
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, "I've wronged you. Return, my son David, for I won't harm you again because my life was precious to you today. Look, I've acted foolishly and have made a very great mistake."
2 Samuel 15:31
Just then, someone told David, "Ahithophel is one of Absalom's conspirators!" So David prayed, "LORD, please turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness."
Romans 3:4
Of course not! God is true, even if everyone else is a liar. As it is written, "You are right when you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

Laid

Daniel 5:27
TEKEL: You've been weighed on the scales and you don't measure up.

Lighter

Isaiah 40:15
"Look! The nations are like a drop in a bucket, and are reckoned as dust on the scales. Look! He even lifts up the islands like powder!

General references

Psalm 49:2
both average people and those of means, the rich and the poor together.
Psalm 118:8
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."

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