Job 21:21
New Living Translation
21 For they will not care what happens to their family
after they are dead.
Job 14:5
New Living Translation
5 You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
Luke 16:27-28
New Living Translation
27 “Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home. 28 For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them so they don’t end up in this place of torment.’
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Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
New Living Translation
The Futility of Work
18 I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned. 19 And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless!
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Psalm 102:24
New Living Translation
24 But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
don’t take my life while I am so young!
Psalm 55:23
New Living Translation
23 But you, O God, will send the wicked
down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
but I am trusting you to save me.
Job 14:21
New Living Translation
21 They never know if their children grow up in honor
or sink to insignificance.
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