Thematic Bible: Human Limitations
Thematic Bible
human Limitations » Man subject to » Boundaries of life
Thou didst press me behind and before, and thou wilt place thine hand upon me.
human Limitations » Man subject to » Time limited
No man having power in spirit to restrain the spirit: and no power in the day of death: and no sending forth in war; and injustice shall not deliver its possessors.
The days of our years, in them seventy years; and if in strengths, eighty years, and their pride labor and vanity; for being soon cut off and we shall fly away.
human Limitations » Man subject to » Feet in the stocks
And thou wilt set my feet in the stocks, and thou wilt watch all my paths; thou wilt dig round the roots of my feet
He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » Five barley loaves and two small fishes
And his disciples say to him, Whence to us, in a lonely place, so many loaves, to satisfy such a crowd I And he says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » A handful of meal and a cruse of oil
And she will say, Jehovah thy God lives, if there is to me a cake, but a handful of flour in a bucket, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold me gathering two woods, and I went to do it for me and for my son, and we shall eat and die.
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » Man's limited resources
And Abraham will rise early in the morning, and take food, and a leathern bottle of water, and give to Hagar (putting upon her shoulder), and the child, and will send her away: and she will go forth and wander in the desert to the well of the oath.
human Limitations » Man subject to » No power to change a hair
Neither shouldst thou swear by thy head, for thou cant not make one hair white or black.
human Limitations » Man subject to » No power to add a stature
Which of you, being anxious, can add one cubit to his size?
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » A pot of oil
And Elisha will say to her, What shall I do for thee? announce to me what is to thee in the house. And she will say, Not anything to thy servant in the house but a flask of oil.
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » An empty larder
Since my friend has come to me from the way, and I have not what I may set before him!