Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
the Earth » Man » Shall return to
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!
false Confidence » In man
A king is not saved by a large army; a mighty soldier is not delivered by his great strength.
When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.
"Ephraim is also like a silly dove, lacking sense: They call out to Egypt, and turn toward Assyria.
Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.
"Stop trusting in human beings, whose life breath is in their nostrils, for what are they really worth?"
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in people.
Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save. When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!