Psalms 62:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

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  • Ps 39:5 : 5 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.
  • Isa 40:15 : 15 Beholde, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the dust of the balance: beholde, he taketh away the yles as a litle dust.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.
  • Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 18:5 : 5 And Dauid went out whithersoeuer Saul sent him, & behaued himselfe wisely: so that Saul set him ouer the men of warre, & he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.
  • 1 Sam 18:21-26 : 21 Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne. 22 And Saul commanded his seruants, Speake with Dauid secretly, & say, Behold, ye King hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in law. 23 And Sauls seruantes spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid; Dauid sayd, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a Kings sonne in lawe, seeing that I am a poore man & of smal reputation? 24 And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid. 25 And Saul sayd, This wise shal ye say to Dauid, The King desireth no dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistims, to bee auenged of the Kings enemies: for Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistims. 26 And when his seruantes tolde Dauid these wordes, it pleased Dauid well, to be the Kings sonne in law: and the dayes were not expired.
  • 1 Sam 23:12 : 12 Then said Dauid, Will the lords of Keilah deliuer me vp, and the men that are with me, into the hand of Saul? And the Lord sayde, They will deliuer thee vp.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-20 : 19 Then came vp the Ziphims to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doeth not Dauid hide himselfe by vs in holdes, in the wood in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right side of Ieshimon? 20 Nowe therefore, O King, come downe according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliuer him into the Kinges handes.
  • 1 Sam 26:21-25 : 21 Then sayde Saul, I haue sinned: come againe, my sonne Dauid: for I will doe thee no more harme, because my soule was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I haue done foolishly, and haue erred exceedingly. 22 Then Dauid answered, and saide, Beholde the Kings speare, let one of the yong men come ouer and set it. 23 And let the Lorde rewarde euery man according to his righteousnesse and faithfulnesse: for the Lord had deliuered thee into mine handes this day, but I woulde not lay mine hand vpon the Lords anointed. 24 And beholde, like as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes: so let my life be set by in the eyes of the Lord, that he may deliuer me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to Dauid, Blessed art thou, my sonne Dauid: for thou shalt doe great things, and also preuaile. So Dauid went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
  • 2 Sam 15:6 : 6 And on this maner did Absalom to al Israel, that came to the King for iudgement: so Absalom stale the hearts of the men of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 15:31 : 31 Then one tolde Dauid, saying, Ahithophel is one of them that haue cospired with Absalom: and Dauid sayde, O Lorde, I pray thee, turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.
  • Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my feare, All men are lyers.
  • Ps 118:9 : 9 It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in princes.
  • Matt 21:9 : 9 Moreouer, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Sonne of Dauid, Blessed be hee that commeth in the Name of the Lorde, Hosanna thou which art in the highest heauens.
  • John 19:15 : 15 But they cried, Away with him, away with him, crucifie him. Pilate sayde vnto them, Shall I crucifie your King? The high Priestes answered, We haue no King but Cesar.
  • Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, and euery man a lyar, as it is written, That thou mightest be iustified in thy words, and ouercome, when thou art iudged.
  • 1 Sam 18:7 : 7 And the women sang by course in their play, and sayd, Saul hath slayne his thousand, & Dauid his ten thousand.
  • Ps 55:13-14 : 13 But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar: 14 Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 Tekel, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.

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  • Ps 39:5-6
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    5 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

    6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • 10 Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

  • 6 Follie is set in great excellencie, and the riche set in the lowe place.

  • 4 Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.

  • 8 Trust in him alway, ye people: powre out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

  • 11 (7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • Jas 1:9-10
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    9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:

    10 Againe hee that is rich, in that hee is made lowe: for as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanish away.

  • 17 And the hautinesse of men shalbe brought low, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord shall onely be exalted in that day.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11 The hie looke of man shall be humbled, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord onely shall be exalted in that day.

    12 For the day of the Lorde of hostes is vpon all the proude and hautie, and vpon all that is exalted: and it shalbe made lowe.

  • 18 They are vanitie, and the worke of errors: in the time of their visitation they shal perish.

  • 22 Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?

  • 7 Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

  • 15 They are vanitie, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

  • 11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?

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    2 O ye sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.

  • 6 They trust in their goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

  • 15 And man shalbe brought downe, and man shalbe humbled, euen the eyes of the proude shalbe humbled.

  • 4 Blessed is the man that maketh the Lorde his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.

  • 31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.

  • Prov 11:1-2
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    1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

    2 When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.

  • 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him, lesse then nothing, and vanitie.

  • 23 The pride of a man shall bring him lowe: but the humble in spirit shall enioy glory.

  • 14 There is a vanitie, which is done vpon the earth, that there be righteous men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the wicked: and there be wicked men to whom it commeth according to the worke of the iust: I thought also that this is vanitie.

  • 4 Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

  • 29 Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion.

  • 8 Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • 8 (5:7) If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

  • 11 When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

  • 23 Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • 24 They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.

  • 2 Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

  • 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

  • 12 But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

  • 3 For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

  • 6 I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I trust in the Lord.

  • 11 A true weight & balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.

  • 23 He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

  • 19 How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

  • 8 But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.

  • 2 All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

  • 9 He that is despised, & is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.

  • 8 It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in man.

  • 2 As well lowe as hie, both rich and poore.

  • 5 For hee will bring downe them that dwell on hie: the hie citie he will abase: euen vnto the ground wil he cast it downe, & bring it vnto dust.

  • 17 What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?

  • 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.