Verse 18
I said{H559} in my heart,{H3820} [It is] because{H1700} of the sons{H1121} of men,{H120} that God{H430} may prove{H1305} them, and that they may see{H7200} that they{H1992} themselves are [but as] beasts.{H929}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 73:22 : 22 So brutish{H1198} was I, and ignorant;{H3045} I was [as] a beast{H929} before thee.
- Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And unto Adam{H121} he said,{H559} Because thou hast hearkened{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of thy wife,{H802} and hast eaten{H398} of the tree,{H6086} of which{H834} I commanded thee,{H6680} saying,{H559} Thou shalt not eat{H398} of it: cursed{H779} is the ground{H127} for thy sake; in toil{H6093} shalt thou eat{H398} of it all{H3605} the days{H3117} of thy life;{H2416} 18 thorns also{H6975} and thistles{H1863} shall it bring forth{H6779} to thee; and thou shalt eat{H398} the herb{H6212} of the field;{H7704} 19 in the sweat{H2188} of thy face{H639} shalt thou eat{H398} bread,{H3899} till{H5704} thou return{H7725} unto the ground;{H127} for out of it wast thou taken:{H3947} for dust{H6083} thou{H859} art, and unto dust{H6083} shalt thou return.{H7725}
- Job 14:1-4 : 1 Man,{H120} that is born{H3205} of a woman,{H802} Is of few{H7116} days,{H3117} and full{H7649} of trouble.{H7267} 2 He cometh forth{H3318} like a flower,{H6731} and is cut down:{H5243} He fleeth{H1272} also as a shadow,{H6738} and continueth{H5975} not. 3 And dost thou open{H6491} thine eyes{H5869} upon such a one,{H2088} And bringest{H935} me into judgment{H4941} with thee? 4 Who can bring{H5414} a clean{H2889} thing out of an unclean?{H2931} not one.{H259}
- Job 15:16 : 16 How much less one{H376} that is abominable{H8581} and corrupt, A man{H376} that drinketh{H8354} iniquity{H5766} like water!{H4325}
- Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou even annul{H6565} my judgment{H4941}? Wilt thou condemn{H7561} me, that thou mayest be justified{H6663}?
- Ps 49:12 : 12 But man{H120} [being] in honor{H3366} abideth{H3885} not: He is like{H4911} the beasts{H929} that perish.{H1820}
- Ps 49:14 : 14 They are appointed{H8371} as a flock{H6629} for Sheol;{H7585} Death{H4194} shall be their shepherd;{H7462} And the upright{H3477} shall have dominion{H7287} over them in the morning;{H1242} And their beauty{H6697} shall be for Sheol{H7585} to consume,{H1086} That there be no habitation{H2073} for it.
- Ps 49:19-20 : 19 He shall go{H935} to the generation{H1755} of his fathers;{H1} They shall never{H3808} see{H7200} the light.{H216} 20 Man{H120} that is in honor,{H3366} and understandeth{H995} not, Is like{H4911} the beasts{H929} that perish.{H1820}
- Ps 51:4 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,{H2398} And done{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in thy sight;{H5869} That thou mayest be justified{H6663} when thou speakest,{H1696} And be clear{H2135} when thou judgest.{H8199}
- Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou settest{H7896} them in slippery places:{H2513} Thou castest them down{H5307} to destruction.{H4876} 19 How are they become a desolation{H8047} in a moment!{H7281} They are utterly{H5486} consumed{H8552} with terrors.{H1091}
- Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood;{H2229} they are as a sleep:{H8142} In the morning{H1242} they are like grass{H2682} which groweth up.{H2498} 6 In the morning{H1242} it flourisheth,{H6692} and groweth up;{H2498} In the evening{H6153} it is cut down,{H4135} and withereth.{H3001} 7 For we are consumed{H3615} in thine anger,{H639} And in thy wrath{H2534} are we troubled.{H926} 8 Thou hast set{H7896} our iniquities{H5771} before thee, Our secret{H5956} sins in the light{H3974} of thy countenance.{H6440} 9 For all our days{H3117} are passed away{H6437} in thy wrath:{H5678} We bring{H3615} our years{H8141} to an end{H1899} as a sigh. 10 The days{H3117} of our years{H8141} are threescore{H7657} years{H8141} and ten,{H7657} Or even by reason of strength{H1369} fourscore{H8084} years;{H8141} Yet is their pride{H7296} but labor{H5999} and sorrow;{H205} For it is soon{H2440} gone,{H1468} and we fly away.{H5774} 11 Who knoweth{H3045} the power{H5797} of thine anger,{H639} And thy wrath{H5678} according to the fear{H3374} that is due unto thee? 12 So teach{H3045} us to number{H4487} our days,{H3117} That we may get{H935} us a heart{H3824} of wisdom.{H2451}
- Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid:{G1096} yea,{G1161} let{G1096} God{G2316} be{G1096} found true,{G227} but{G1161} every{G3956} man{G444} a liar;{G5583} as{G2531} it is written,{G1125} That{G3704} thou mightest be justified{G1344} in{G1722} thy{G4675} words,{G3056} And{G2532} mightest prevail{G3528} when{G1722} thou{G4571} comest into judgment.{G2919}
- Rom 9:23 : 23 and{G2532} that{G2443} he might make known{G1107} the riches{G4149} of his{G846} glory{G1391} upon{G1909} vessels{G4632} of mercy,{G1656} which{G3739} he afore prepared{G4282} unto{G1519} glory,{G1391}
- Heb 9:27 : 27 And{G2532} {G2596} inasmuch as{G3745} it is appointed{G606} unto men{G444} once{G530} to die,{G599} and{G1161} after{G3326} this{G5124} [cometh] judgment;{G2920}
- 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For,{G1360} All{G3956} flesh{G4561} is as{G5613} grass,{G5528} And{G2532} all{G3956} the glory{G1391} thereof{G444} as{G5613} the flower{G438} of grass.{G5528} The grass{G5528} withereth,{G3583} and{G2532} the{G846} flower{G438} falleth:{G1601}
- 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But{G1161} these,{G3778} as{G5613} creatures without reason,{G249} born{G1080} mere{G5446} animals{G2226} to{G1519} be taken{G259} and{G2532} destroyed,{G5356} railing{G987} in{G1722} matters whereof{G3739} they are ignorant,{G50} shall in{G1722} their{G846} destroying{G5356} surely be destroyed,{G2704}