Thematic Bible: Human Limitations
Thematic Bible
human Limitations » Man subject to » Boundaries of life
You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me.
human Limitations » Man subject to » Time limited
Just as no one can control the wind to restrain the wind, so also no one can control the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not deliver the wicked.
As for the days of our years, within them [are] seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride [is] trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly [away].
human Limitations » Man subject to » Feet in the stocks
And you put my feet in the block, and you watch all my paths; you carve [a mark] on the soles of my feet.
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » Five barley loaves and two small fishes
And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?" And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" So they said, "Seven, and a few little fish."
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » A handful of meal and a cruse of oil
She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die."
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » Man's limited resources
Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave [it] to Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder. And he sent her away with the child, and she went, wandering about in the wilderness, in Beersheba.
human Limitations » Man subject to » No power to change a hair
And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
human Limitations » Man subject to » No power to add a stature
And who among you, [by] being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span?
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » A pot of oil
Elisha asked her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" Then she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of olive oil."
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » An empty larder
because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.'
human Limitations » Man subject to » Way hedged up
[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?