1 Thessalonians 5:1-6

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The Day of the Lord

5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates^(A) we do not need to write to you,^(B) ²for you know very well that the day of the Lord^(C) will come like a thief in the night.^(D) ³While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”^(E) destruction will come on them suddenly,^(F) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.^(G)

⁴But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness^(H) so that this day should surprise you like a thief.^(I) ⁵You are all children of the light^(J) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. ⁶So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,^(K) but let us be awake^(L) and sober.^(M)

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Genesis 29:20

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²⁰So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel,^(A) but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.^(B)

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Psalm 39:4-5

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⁴“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;^(A)
    let me know how fleeting^(B) my life is.^(C)
⁵You have made my days^(D) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,^(E)
    even those who seem secure.^[a]

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Footnotes

Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.

Psalm 90:12

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¹²Teach us to number our days,^(A)
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(B)

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Isaiah 40:6-7

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.