Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his (A)vain[a] life, which he passes like (B)a shadow? For who can tell man what will be (C)after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
James 4:14
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14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (A)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is (A)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for (B)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see (C)what will be after him?
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Job 14:2
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Lamentations 3:24-27
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25 The Lord is good to those who (C)wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 (D)It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 (E)It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke (F)in his youth.
Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and (A)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (B)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
6 Surely a man (C)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (D)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
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- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
Ecclesiastes 8:13
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13 But it will (A)not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like (B)a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 For he (A)does not know what is to be, for (B)who can tell him how it will be?
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Job 8:9
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9 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on earth are (A)a shadow.
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 (A)For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are (B)like a shadow, and there is no abiding.[a]
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- 1 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
Ecclesiastes 9:6
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6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I (A)searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on (B)folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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Psalm 109:23
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Psalm 102:11
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Psalm 90:10-12
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10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[a] is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 (A)So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
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- Psalm 90:10 Or pride
Psalm 17:15
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15 As for me, I shall (A)behold your face in righteousness;
when I (B)awake, I shall be (C)satisfied with your likeness.
Psalm 4:6
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6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
(A)Lift up (B)the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
Job 14:21
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21 His sons come to honor, and he (A)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[a]
and to (B)walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
Psalm 89:47
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47 (A)Remember (B)how short my (C)time is!
For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
Psalm 47:4
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Psalm 16:5
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