Thematic Bible: Human Limitations
Thematic Bible
human Limitations » Man subject to » Boundaries of life
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
human Limitations » Man subject to » Time limited
There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.
Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.
human Limitations » Man subject to » Feet in the stocks
And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » Five barley loaves and two small fishes
And his disciples say to him, 'Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?' And Jesus saith 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 saith, 'Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.'
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » Man's limited resources
And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing it on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba;
human Limitations » Man subject to » No power to change a hair
nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
human Limitations » Man subject to » No power to add a stature
'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » A pot of oil
And Elisha saith unto her, 'What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, 'Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.'
human Limitations » Knowledge limited strength limited » An empty larder
seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,