Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Fleeing as a shadow
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Being cut down
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
natural Death » Described as » Fleeing as a shadow
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
natural Death » Described as » Being cut down
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Man » The days of man
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 the place thereof shall know it no more.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Man » Man being born into trouble
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Select readings » The brevity of life
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. read more.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.} Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.