Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Fleeing as a shadow
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Being cut down
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
natural Death » Regard, as at hand
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
natural Death » Described as » Fleeing as a shadow
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
natural Death » Described as » Being cut down
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Flowers » Illustrative of » Shortness of man's life
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like hurrying messengers
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
Life » Brief » Like hurrying messengers
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
natural Life » Is compared to » A flower
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Man » The days of man
As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand. And You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with You. read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;
Man » Man being born into trouble
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Select readings » The brevity of life
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand. And You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with You. read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass; look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling. For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease. Though its root becomes old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant. But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass; look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling. For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease. Though its root becomes old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant. But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
Yea, you did not hear; yea, you did not know; yea, from the time that your ear was not opened; for I surely know that you will betray and trespass; from the womb it was called to you.
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand. And You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with You. read more.
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving-kindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me completely from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I confess my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. read more.
Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be justified when You speak, and be clear when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
To the Chief Musician. Do not destroy. A secret treasure of David. Will you indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? Yes, in heart you work the evil, you weigh the violence of your hands in the land. The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the womb, speaking lies.
And He has made you alive, who were once dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience; among whom we also had our way of life in times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Time » Brevity of » Like hurrying messengers
He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.