Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Balances » Figurative
and He will recognize my integrity.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand.
Emptiness » Emptiness or vanity of the worldly life (ps 3911; 629)
Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.
I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
and put away pain from your flesh,
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
false Confidence » In man
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.
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.
they call to Egypt,
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
This is what the Lord says:
The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
than to trust in man.
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.
Vanity » Emptiness of the worldly life
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
Vanity » Every state of man is
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.