Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust


Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPower Of God, DescribedReprobatesPeople Have HonourPurposeBeauty And Self Worthpotmoldhonour

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust


Woe [to the] one who strives with his {maker}, a potsherd among potsherds of earth! Does [the] clay say to the one who fashions it, 'What are you making?' and 'Your work has no hands'? Verse ConceptsCriticism, amongst believersArguingClaySurrenderingPresumptionPotteryAuthority, Belonging To GodAnimositySuing GodWoe To The WickedMan's Relationship With His Creatorstriving

"Like this potter, am I not able to do to you, O house of Israel?" {declares} Yahweh. "Look, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so [are] you in my hand, O house of Israel. Verse ConceptsClayChallengesCraftsmenHand Of GodPotterClay, Figurative UseThings Like PeopleMan's Relationship With His Creator

"And a word came stealing to me, and my ear received [the] whisper from it. Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men, dread met me, and trembling, and it made many of my bones shake. read more.
And a spirit glided before my face; the hair of my flesh bristled. It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice: 'Can a human being be more righteous than God, or can a man be more pure than his Maker? Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. {Between morning and evening} they are destroyed; without [anyone] regarding [it] they perish forever. [Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'




How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

Look, before God {I am like you}; I myself was also formed from clay. Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionClayClay, Figurative UseLike People By NatureOther People Of God


How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made. Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me. Who is the one who will declare me guilty? Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment; [the] moth will eat them. Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten. Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms


But I [am] like a maggot to Ephraim and like rottenness to the house of Judah. Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made. Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me. Who is the one who will declare me guilty? Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment; [the] moth will eat them. Verse ConceptsClothingHelpfulnessInsectsWicked Described AsMothsPeople Eaten By WormPeople Wearing OutNo CondemnationGod Helps

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him}, Verse ConceptsMan, Insignificance OfGod Testing PeopleWhat Value Is Man?mindfulnessattention

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, [the] moon and [the] stars which you set in place-- what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?

"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding. Verse ConceptsFoundationsOrthodoxy, In OtStrength, DivineMan, Insignificance OfEarth's FoundationWhere Are People?The Earth

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous? Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf Righteousness, And The GospelMan's Sinful NatureWoman's PlaceBeing A Woman Of God

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth.

"Can a man be of use to God? Yes, can [the] wise be of use to him? [Is] it a pleasure to Shaddai if you are righteous, or a gain if you make your ways blameless? Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you? read more.
[Is] not your wickedness great, and there is no end to your iniquities?

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure? Look, even [the] moon {is not bright}, and [the] stars are not pure in his sight. {How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"

"Do you think this [is] justice when you say, '{I am right} before God'? If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?' I myself {will give answer to you} and [to] your friends with you. read more.
"Look at [the] heavens, and see; and observe [the] clouds [that] are higher than you. If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And [if] your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness [affects] a person like yourself, and your righteousness [affects] humans.

"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place, to take hold of the earth's skirts so that the wicked might be shaken off from it?

O Yahweh, what [is] humankind that you take knowledge of him, [or the] son of man that you take thought of him? Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.

And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him. Verse ConceptsPeople Have HonourMan's Relation To GodSpiritual crownsBeauty And Self Worthcrownsmindfulnessdignityhonour

You made him for a short [time] lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor; you subjected all [things] under his feet. For in subjecting all [things], he left nothing [that was] not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all [things] subjected to him,

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error. How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. {Between morning and evening} they are destroyed; without [anyone] regarding [it] they perish forever. read more.
[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him}, Verse ConceptsMan, Insignificance OfGod Testing PeopleWhat Value Is Man?mindfulnessattention

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him}, Verse ConceptsMan, Insignificance OfGod Testing PeopleWhat Value Is Man?mindfulnessattention

[When] with rebukes you chastise a man for sin, you {consume} like a moth his delightful [things]. Surely everyone [is] a [mere] vapor. Selah Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

"He builds his house like the moth, and like a booth [that] a watchman has made. Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

How much more dwellers in clay houses, whose foundation [is] in the dust? They are crushed like a moth. Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust