Psalm 39:5
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5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(A)
Psalm 39:11
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11 “You chastise mortals
in punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is dear to them;
surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah(A)
Isaiah 40:15
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15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(A)
Isaiah 40:17
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17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(A)
Romans 3:4
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4 By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written,
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- 3.4 Other ancient authorities read you may prevail
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