Thematic Bible: Insignificance of
Thematic Bible
Man » Insignificance of
When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly: How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable. Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect? Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment? read more.
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?
And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman? Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight: How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned? I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee. read more.
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand? Thy wickedness may affect a man as thou art, and thy righteousness a son of man.
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand? Thy wickedness may affect a man as thou art, and thy righteousness a son of man.
Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place, That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him? Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Man » Insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
Man » Insignificance of » Yet under the watchful care of the almighty
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Man » Insignificance of » A grasshopper when compared to God
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
Man » Insignificance of » An atom in the natural universe
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?