1 Corinthians 7:29-31

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²⁹What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.^(A) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; ³⁰those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; ³¹those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.^(B)

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Psalm 39:6

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⁶“Surely everyone goes around^(A) like a mere phantom;^(B)
in vain they rush about,^(C) heaping up wealth^(D)
without knowing whose it will finally be.^(E)

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Psalm 39:6 in all English translations

Psalm 73:20

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²⁰They are like a dream^(A) when one awakes;^(B)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.^(C)

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Isaiah 40:6-8

New International Version

⁶A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,^(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
⁷The grass withers^(B) and the flowers fall,
    because the breath^(C) of the Lord blows^(D) on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
⁸The grass withers and the flowers^(E) fall,
    but the word^(F) of our God endures^(G) forever.^(H)”

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James 1:10-11

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¹⁰But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.^(A) ¹¹For the sun rises with scorching heat^(B) and withers^(C) the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed.^(D) In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.