Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor. Cross References Job 7:16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man! Psalm 9:20 Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah Psalm 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Psalm 49:2 both low and high, rich and poor alike. Psalm 89:47 Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! Psalm 116:11 In my alarm I said, "All men are liars!" Ecclesiastes 1:2 "Futility of futilities," says the Teacher, "futility of futilities! Everything is futile!" Isaiah 2:9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled--do not forgive them! Isaiah 40:15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust. Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. Daniel 5:27 TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. Treasury of Scripture Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Surely Psalm 39:5,11 1 Samuel 18:5,7 1 Samuel 23:12,19,20 of high Psalm 55:13,14 Psalm 118:9 1 Samuel 18:21-26 laid Daniel 5:27 altogether. Isaiah 40:15,17 |
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