Psalm 62:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Mortals are a mere breath, the sons of man but an illusion; On a balance they rise; together they weigh nothing.

Cross References

Job 20:19

Because he has oppressed and neglected the poor, and stolen a house he did not build;

Job 20:29

This is the portion of the wicked, the heritage appointed him by God.

Psalm 39:6

To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days; indeed, my life is as nothing before you. Every man is but a breath. Selah

Psalm 4:3

How long, O people, will you be hard of heart? Why do you love what is worthless, chase after lies? Selah

Psalm 49:6

Why should I fear in evil days, with the iniquity of my assailants surrounding me,

Psalm 52:7

God too will strike you down forever, he will lay hold of you and pluck you from your tent, uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 91:14

Because he clings to me I will deliver him; because he knows my name I will set him on high.

Proverbs 23:5

When your glance flits to it, it is gone! For assuredly it grows wings, like the eagle that flies toward heaven.

Isaiah 28:15

You have declared, “We have made a covenant with death, with Sheol we have made a pact; When the raging flood passes through, it will not reach us; For we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have found a hiding place,”—

Isaiah 30:12

Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you reject this word, And put your trust in oppression and deceit, and depend on them,

Isaiah 40:15

See, the nations count as a drop in the bucket, as a wisp of cloud on the scales; the coastlands weigh no more than a speck.

Isaiah 40:17

Before him all the nations are as nought, as nothing and void he counts them.

Isaiah 47:10

Secure in your wickedness, you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, And you said in your heart, “I, and no one else!”

Isaiah 59:4

No one brings suit justly, no one pleads truthfully; They trust an empty plea and tell lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth malice.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, an everlasting covenant I will make with them.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you— oracle of the Lord. Because you have forgotten me, and trusted in deception,

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge that broods but does not hatch are those who acquire wealth unjustly: In midlife it will desert them; in the end they are only fools.

Mark 10:23

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all evils, and some people in their desire for it have strayed from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains. Exhortations to Timothy.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.