I said to myself, "As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts."
Cross References
Psalm 49:12But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Psalm 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Treasury of Scripture
I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
concerning
Genesis 3:17-19
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; …
Job 14:1-4
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble…
Job 15:16
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
that God
Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Psalm 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Romans 3:4
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
and that
Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
2 Peter 2:12
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
