Quotes about Vulnerability
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
— Proverbs 6:27
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
— Proverbs 7:22
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
— Proverbs 13:8
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
— Proverbs 15:25
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
— Proverbs 25:28
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
— Song of Solomon 5:7
The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
— Isaiah 1:31
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
— Isaiah 13:7
They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
— Isaiah 14:10
He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
— Isaiah 22:8
A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
— Isaiah 30:17
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
— Isaiah 36:9