Quotes about Illusion
Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
— Psalm 62:9
Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
— Psalm 73:20
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
— Proverbs 13:7
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
— Proverbs 16:25
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
— Proverbs 23:5
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
— Isaiah 29:8
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
— Isaiah 41:29
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
— Isaiah 44:20
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
— Isaiah 47:10
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
— Jeremiah 15:18
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
— Ezekiel 13:10
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
— Ezekiel 13:10