Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
the Earth » Man » Shall return to
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.
false Confidence » In man
The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man;
Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish.