Verse 18

I communed with myne owne heart also concernyng the children of men, howe God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appeare as though they were beastes.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding: I was euen a bruite beast before thee.
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe. 18 Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde. 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Job 14:1-4 : 1 Man that is borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie. 2 He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state. 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement? 4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?
  • Ps 49:12 : 12 Neuerthelesse, man can not abyde in such honour: he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 They shalbe put into a graue dead as a sheepe, death shall feede on them: but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng, their beautie shall consume away, hell shall receaue them from their house.
  • Ps 49:19-20 : 19 But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers: and shall neuer see lyght. 20 A man is in an honourable state, but he wyll not vnderstande it: he is lyke herein vnto bruite beastes that perishe.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed. 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne: they faynt, they consume away for very dread.
  • Ps 90:5-9 : 5 Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth. 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered. 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure: and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee: and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie, in the lyght of thy countenaunce. 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde. 10 The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it. 11 Who regardeth the force of thy wrath? for euen there after as a man feareth thee, so feeleth he thy displeasure. 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes, that we number them: and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and euery man a lyer, as it is writte: That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges, and ouercome when thou art iudged.
  • Rom 9:23 : 23 To declare the riches of his glory, on the vessels of mercy, which he had prepared vnto glory:
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye, and after this the iudgement:
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these, as bruite beastes ledde with sensualitie, and made to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of the thynges that they vnderstande not, and shall perishe through their owne corruption,