Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Body » Frailty of
Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
And David swore moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he should be grieved: But truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field:
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
Endurance » What does not endure
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Can the rush grow without mire? can the flag grow without water? Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: read more.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Flesh » The flesh
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
It is the spirit that reviveth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. read more.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Grass » Illustrative » Of shortness and uncertainty of life
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Grass » Figurative
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field:
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Man » Extremity of examples of » Frailty of
Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
And David swore moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he should be grieved: But truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field:
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
Man » A social being » As grass
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it is grown up.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Man » Compared to » Grass
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house-tops, and as corn blasted before it is grown up.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Vanishing » What vanishes away
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall shall stand forever.
Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.