Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.
Verse ConceptsAfterlifePlansFalse ConfidenceThoughts Of The WickedCondition Of The BodyThoughtsbreathingdustbreath


When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria
and sent a delegation to the great king.
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;
they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.
Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfFolly, Effects OfdovesLeaders, PoliticalFalse ConfidenceFoolishness Of Men

Men are only a vapor;
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends




Do not trust in nobles, in man, who cannot save. When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die.