Verse 16

For I will not contend{H7378}{(H8799)} for ever{H5769}, neither will I be always{H5331} wroth{H7107}{(H8799)}: for the spirit{H7307} should fail{H5848}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me, and the souls{H5397} which I have made{H6213}{(H8804)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God{H410} like unto thee, that pardoneth{H5375}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771}, and passeth by{H5674}{(H8802)} the transgression{H6588} of the remnant{H7611} of his heritage{H5159}? he retaineth{H2388}{(H8689)} not his anger{H639} for ever{H5703}, because he delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in mercy{H2617}.
  • Ps 85:5 : 5 Wilt thou be angry{H599}{H8799)} with us for ever{H5769}? wilt thou draw out{H4900}{H8799)} thine anger{H639} to all{H1755} generations{H1755}?
  • Ps 103:9-9 : 9 He will not always{H5331} chide{H7378}{(H8799)}: neither will he keep{H5201}{(H8799)} his anger for ever{H5769}. 10 He hath not dealt{H6213}{(H8804)} with us after our sins{H2399}; nor rewarded{H1580}{(H8804)} us according to our iniquities{H5771}. 11 For as the heaven{H8064} is high above{H1361}{(H8800)} the earth{H776}, so great{H1396}{(H8804)} is his mercy{H2617} toward them that fear{H3373} him. 12 As far as{H7368}{(H8800)} the east{H4217} is from the west{H4628}, so far hath he removed{H7368}{(H8689)} our transgressions{H6588} from us. 13 Like as a father{H1} pitieth{H7355}{(H8763)} his children{H1121}, so the LORD{H3068} pitieth{H7355}{(H8765)} them that fear{H3373} him. 14 For he knoweth{H3045}{(H8804)} our frame{H3336}; he remembereth{H2142}{(H8803)} that we are dust{H6083}. 15 As for man{H582}, his days{H3117} are as grass{H2682}: as a flower{H6731} of the field{H7704}, so he flourisheth{H6692}{(H8686)}. 16 For the wind{H7307} passeth over{H5674}{(H8804)} it, and it is gone; and the place{H4725} thereof shall know{H5234}{(H8686)} it no more.
  • Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} God{H410} the LORD{H3068}, he that created{H1254}{(H8802)} the heavens{H8064}, and stretched them out{H5186}{(H8802)}; he that spread forth{H7554}{(H8802)} the earth{H776}, and that which cometh out{H6631} of it; he that giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} breath{H5397} unto the people{H5971} upon it, and spirit{H7307} to them that walk{H1980}{(H8802)} therein:
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 O LORD{H3068}, correct{H3256}{(H8761)} me, but with judgment{H4941}; not in thine anger{H639}, lest thou bring me to nothing{H4591}{(H8686)}.
  • Ps 78:38-39 : 38 But he, being full of compassion{H7349}, forgave{H3722}{H8762)} their iniquity{H5771}, and destroyed{H7843}{H8686)} them not: yea, many a time{H7235}{H8689)} turned{H7725} he his anger{H639} away{H7725}{H8687)}, and did not stir up{H5782}{H8686)} all his wrath{H2534}. 39 For he remembered{H2142}{H8799)} that they were but flesh{H1320}; a wind{H7307} that passeth away{H1980}{H8802)}, and cometh not again{H7725}{H8799)}.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore{G1534}{G3303} we have had{G2192}{(G5707)} fathers{G3962} of our{G2257} flesh{G4561} which corrected{G3810} us, and{G2532} we gave them reverence{G1788}{(G5710)}: shall we{G5293} not{G3756} much{G4183} rather{G3123} be in subjection{G5293}{(G5691)} unto the Father{G3962} of spirits{G4151}, and{G2532} live{G2198}{(G5692)}?
  • Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell{H5307}{(H8799)} upon their faces{H6440}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, O God{H410}, the God{H430} of the spirits{H7307} of all flesh{H1320}, shall one{H259} man{H376} sin{H2398}{(H8799)}, and wilt thou be wroth{H7107}{(H8799)} with all the congregation{H5712}?
  • Jer 38:16 : 16 So Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} sware{H7650}{(H8735)} secretly{H5643} unto Jeremiah{H3414}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, As the LORD{H3068} liveth{H2416}, that made{H6213}{(H8804)} us this soul{H5315}, I will not put thee to death{H4191}{(H8686)}, neither will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee into the hand{H3027} of these men{H582} that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} thy life{H5315}.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust{H6083} return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the earth{H776} as it was: and the spirit{H7307} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} unto God{H430} who gave{H5414}{(H8804)} it.
  • Job 34:14-15 : 14 If he set{H7760}{(H8799)} his heart{H3820} upon man, if he gather{H622}{(H8799)} unto himself his spirit{H7307} and his breath{H5397}; 15 All flesh{H1320} shall perish{H1478}{(H8799)} together{H3162}, and man{H120} shall turn again{H7725}{(H8799)} unto dust{H6083}.
  • Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, My spirit{H7307} shall not always{H5769} strive{H1777}{(H8799)} with man{H120}, for that he also{H1571}{(H8677)}{H7683}{(H8800)} is flesh{H1320}: yet his days{H3117} shall be an hundred{H3967} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141}.
  • Zech 12:1 : 1 The burden{H4853} of the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} for Israel{H3478}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, which stretcheth{H5186}{(H8802)} forth the heavens{H8064}, and layeth the foundation{H3245}{(H8801)} of the earth{H776}, and formeth{H3335}{(H8802)} the spirit{H7307} of man{H120} within{H7130} him.