Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
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- Ps 62:9 : 9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
- Dan 4:34-35 : 34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation. 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
- Isa 29:7 : 7 And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.
- Job 25:6 : 6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!
- 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
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18 Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
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16 And Lebanon is not enough to make a fire with, or all its cattle enough for a burned offering.
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24 But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
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17 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.
18 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
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15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
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9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
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6 There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power.
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13 See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?
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5 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
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9 Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name.
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10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
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9 Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
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25 Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
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9 His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.
10 Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.
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18 And the images will never be seen again.
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15 The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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