71 Bible Verses About Human Limitations

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth–shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.