From the Blue Letter Bible

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isa 2:22 — Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Cease		Psa 62:9; Psa 146:3; Jer 17:5
whose		Gen 2:7; Gen 7:22; Job 27:3
for wherein		Job 7:15-21; Psa 8:4; Psa 144:3,4

Correlating Passages

Cease

	Psa 62:9	Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
	Psa 146:3	Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
	Jer 17:5	Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

whose

	Gen 2:7	And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
	Gen 7:22	All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died.
	Job 27:3	All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils;

for wherein

	Job 7:15	So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
	Job 7:16	I loathe [it]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
	Job 7:17	What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
	Job 7:18	And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
	Job 7:19	How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
	Job 7:20	I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
	Job 7:21	And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
	Psa 8:4	What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
	Psa 144:3	LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
	Psa 144:4	Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.

Return to Top

Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 2:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Isa/2/22.html>.

Search the Bible

Search the BLB

Featured Items

Today's Items:

Items of Interest: