Thematic Bible: Extremity of examples of
Thematic Bible
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour, seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.
And David sware again and said, "Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes and therefore he thinketh, 'Jonathan shall not know it, lest he be sorry.' For in very deed even as truly as the LORD liveth, and as truly as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."
My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.
For he considered that they were but flesh; even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
For he knoweth whereof we be made, he remembereth that we are but dust;
Our bones lie scattered before the pit, like as when one graveth and diggeth up the ground.
Fear not, then, any man whose breath is in his nostrils - for what is he?
The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.
We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, stained with the flux of a woman: we fall every and each one as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,
Man » Extremity of examples of » Glory of
Ephraim flyeth like a bird, so shall their glory also: Insomuch that they shall neither beget, conceive nor bear children.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,
for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.
Therefore gapeth hell, and openeth her mouth marvelous wide: that their pride, boasting, and wealth, with such as rejoice therein, may descend into it.
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "There is yet a year according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of the Cedar shall fail.
"But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters -
The more they increased in multitude, the more they sinned against me, therefore will I change their honour into shame.
Men may hear the shepherds mourn, for their glory is destroyed. Men may hear the lion's whelps roar, for the pride of Jordan is wasted away.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The father of the demoniac
And one of the company answered, and said, "Master, I have brought my son unto thee, which hath a dumb spirit. And whensoever he taketh him, he teareth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not."
The sick answered him, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool. But in the meantime, while I am about to come, another steppeth down before me."
Man » Extremity of examples of » The disciples in the storm
And he was in the stern asleep on a pillow. And they awoke him, and said to him, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?"
and he saw them troubled in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And about the fourth quarter of the night, he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The sick woman
And there was a certain woman, which was diseased of an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and felt none amendment at all: But waxed worse and worse.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The psalmist
The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought down in misery and he helped me.
Man » Extremity of examples of » Paul and his companions on the sea
When at the last neither sun nor star in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay upon us, all hope that we should be saved, was then taken away.
Man » Extremity of examples of » Peter in prison
And when Herod would have brought him out unto the people, the same night slept Peter between two soldiers, bound with two chains; And the keepers before the door kept the prison.
Man » Extremity of examples of » The disciples facing a hungry multitude
"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what is that among so many?"