Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
the Earth » Man » Shall return to
By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
false Confidence » In man
There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.