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.
Laid
Lighter
General references
Bible References
Surely
Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.
1 Samuel 18:5
David marched out with the army and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul put him in command of the soldiers, which pleased all the people and Saul’s servants as well.
1 Samuel 23:12
Then David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?”
“They will,” the Lord responded.
“They will,”
2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Matthew 21:9
Then the crowds who went ahead of Him and those who followed kept shouting:
Hosanna to the Son of David!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!
John 19:15
But they shouted, “Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!”
Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”
“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.
Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”
“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.
Of high
Psalm 55:13 But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!
my companion and good friend!
Psalm 118:9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in nobles.
than to trust in nobles.
1 Samuel 18:21
“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.”
1 Samuel 26:21
Saul responded, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David, I will never harm you again because today you considered my life precious. I have been a fool! I’ve committed a grave error.”
2 Samuel 15:31
Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”
“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
“Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Romans 3:4
Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:
That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.
and triumph when You judge.
Laid
Daniel 5:27 TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.
Lighter
Isaiah 40:15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;
He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;
He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
General references
Psalm 49:2 both low and high,
rich and poor together.
rich and poor together.
Psalm 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in man.
than to trust in man.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 12:8
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”