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Romans 13:11-12
Besides this, knowing the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.The night is nearly over, and the daylight is near, so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
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James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say,“ Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring— what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.Instead, you should say,“ If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
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Hebrews 13:13-14
Let us then go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.
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1 Corinthians 7 31
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
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1 John 2 17
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.
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Psalms 39:4-7
“ Lord, reveal to me the end of my life and the number of my days. Let me know how short-lived I am.You, indeed, have made my days short in length, and my life span as nothing in Your sight. Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor. Selah“ Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow. Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain, gathering possessions without knowing who will get them.Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
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Psalms 90:5-10
You end their lives; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning—in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up.For we are consumed by Your anger; we are terrified by Your wrath.You have set our unjust ways before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.For all our days ebb away under Your wrath; we end our years like a sigh.Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
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Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice was saying,“ Cry out!” Another said,“ What should I cry out?”“ All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever.”
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1 Peter 1 24
For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
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1 Peter 4 7
Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.
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2 Peter 3 8-2 Peter 3 9
Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7-8
and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?
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Isaiah 24:1-2
Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
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Job 14:1-2
Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
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Psalms 103:15-16
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known.