Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Body » House of clay
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
Clay » Figurative
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.
Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?
Verse Concepts
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.
one clay pot among many.
Does clay say to the one forming it,
‘What are you making?’
Or does your work say,
‘He has no hands’?
“House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.
Verse Concepts
Dream » Instances of » Of eliphaz, of a spirit speaking to him
A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it. Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep descends on men, fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake. read more.
A wind passed by me, and I shuddered with fear. [A figure] stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice: "Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?" If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.
A wind passed by me, and I shuddered with fear. [A figure] stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a quiet voice: "Can a person be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?" If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.
Ground » Man made from
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Verse Concepts
So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.
Verse Concepts
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
or a booth set up by a watchman.
who will condemn Me?
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them.
Your wealth is ruined and your clothes are moth-eaten.
Verse Concepts
and like decay to the house of Judah.
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
or a booth set up by a watchman.
who will condemn Me?
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them.
Insignificance of man » A tenant in a house of clay
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
and pay so much attention to him?
Man » Insignificance of
When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him?
Tell Me, if you have
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!
Can a man be of [any] use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to Him? Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior? Does He correct you and take you to court because of your piety? read more.
Isn't your wickedness abundant and aren't your iniquities endless?
Isn't your wickedness abundant and aren't your iniquities endless?
How can a person be justified before God? How can one born of woman be pure? If even the moon does not shine and the stars are not pure in His sight, how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!
Do you think it is just when you say, "I am righteous before God"? For you ask, "What does it profit You, and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?" I will answer you and your friends with you. read more.
Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him? If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [another] human being.
Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you. If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him? If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand? Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [another] human being.
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
Lord, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him? Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Man » Little lower than the angels
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him lower than the angels for a short time; You crowned him with glory and honor and subjected everything under his feet. For in subjecting everything to him, He left nothing not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him.
If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness, how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth! They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices. read more.
Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.
Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.
Man » Apparent insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
and pay so much attention to him?
Man » Insignificance of » A tenant in a house of clay
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
and pay so much attention to him?
Moth » An insect
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
or a booth set up by a watchman.
Moths » Destroyed by the slightest touch
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!