Isaiah 2:22 · KJV
“Cease ye from man, whose breath {is} in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?”
— Isaiah 2:22
Isaiah 2 — Context
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made {each one} for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; {his idols of silver...: Heb. the idols of his silver, etc} {each...: or, for him}
21To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
22Cease ye from man, whose breath {is} in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Cross References
Jeremiah 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.
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. {help: or, salvation}
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
Psalms 144:3-4
LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Psalms 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Genesis 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. {of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground}
Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations {are} as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
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. {altogether: or, alike}