Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Man » Insignificance of
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
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What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
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If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels, how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable? Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless? Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? read more.
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"
"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?' I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. read more.
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them? People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
Morning » Ordained by God
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,
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