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James 4:14
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.
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Job 14:2
He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
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Lamentations 3:24-27
I say: The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him.The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him.It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the Lord.It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?
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Ecclesiastes 8:13
However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.
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Psalms 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
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Psalms 39:5-6
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.
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
Yet no one knows what will happen because who can tell him what will happen?
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Psalms 90:10-12
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.Who understands the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
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Psalms 17:15
But I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.
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Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?
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Psalms 102:11
My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.
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Micah 6:8
Mankind, He has told you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.
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1 Chronicles 29 15
For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
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Psalms 109:23
I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
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Job 8:9
since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.
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Psalms 4:6
Many are saying,“ Who can show us anything good?” Look on us with favor, Lord.
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Job 14:21
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.
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Psalms 47:4
He chooses for us our inheritance— the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly— my mind still guiding me with wisdom— until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
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Psalms 16:5
Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing; You hold my future.