Thematic Bible: Extremity of examples of
Thematic Bible
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
But David vowed again, saying “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be worried.’ But truly as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death.”
My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;
And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.
For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh,
A wind that goes and does not return.
For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.
As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].
Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf,
And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].
For,“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
Man » Extremity of examples of » Glory of
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird;
No birth, no pregnancy, and [because of their impurity] no conception.
For,“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers
And the flower falls off,
For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
His glory will not descend after him.
Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And
For the Lord has said this to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired man [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the splendor of [the tribe of] Kedar will end;
‘As for you, son of man, on the day when I take their strength and their stronghold from them, their joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes and their heart’s [chief] delight (the temple), and I also take their sons and their daughters,
The more they multiplied [in numbers and increased in power], the more they sinned against Me;
I will change their glory into shame.
There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,
For their splendor (grazing land) is ruined;
There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The father of the demoniac
And one of the throng replied to Him, Teacher, I brought my son to You, for he has a dumb spirit. And wherever it lays hold of him [so as to make him its own], it dashes him down and convulses him, and he foams [at the mouth] and grinds his teeth, and he [ falls into a motionless stupor and] is wasting away. And I asked Your disciples to drive it out, and they were not able [to do it].
The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.”
Man » Extremity of examples of » The disciples in the storm
But Jesus was in the stern, asleep [with His head] on the [sailor’s leather] cushion. And they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are about to die?”
Seeing the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night (3:00-6:00 a.m.) He came to them, walking on the sea. And [acted as if] He intended to pass by them.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The sick woman
And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, And who had endured much suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The psalmist
I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.
Man » Extremity of examples of » Paul and his companions on the sea
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned.
Man » Extremity of examples of » Peter in prison
The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The disciples facing a hungry multitude
“There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?”