Bible Verses About Man: Insignificance of

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gainto him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:

How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

If thou hast sinned, what effectest thou against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

Thy wickednessmay hurta man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?

Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.