For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.


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Genesis 16 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 37 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Leviticus 21 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
Numbers 18 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
Deuteronomy 4 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Deuteronomy 8 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy 22 16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Deuteronomy 22 25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
Deuteronomy 22 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deuteronomy 28 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
2 Samuel 12 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2 Samuel 18 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
1 Kings 2 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
2 Kings 1 7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
2 Chronicles 2 13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
Esther 6 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Job 4 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 16 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job 16 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Job 19 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Job 20 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job 27 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 37 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Job 41 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Psalms 11 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 12 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 17 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 18 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 25 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 38 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 41 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms 49 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 60 11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 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.
Psalms 64 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: