Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile
James 4:14
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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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Job 14:2
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2 (A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
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 It is good that one should (D)hope (E)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 (F)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 (A)So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for (B)that is his [a]heritage. (C)For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:22 portion or lot
Ecclesiastes 8:13
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13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 (A)For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?
Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (A)vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [a]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
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- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
(A)Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
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6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 (A)I searched in my heart how [a]to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was (B)good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh
Psalm 109:23
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23 I am gone (A)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalm 102:11
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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.
Psalm 90:10-12
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10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 (A)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 89:47
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Psalm 47:4
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4 He will choose our (A)inheritance for us,
The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
Psalm 17:15
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15 As for me, (A)I will see Your face in righteousness;
(B)I shall be satisfied when I (C)awake in Your likeness.
Psalm 16:5
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5 O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You [a]maintain my lot.
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- Psalm 16:5 Lit. uphold
Psalm 4:6
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6 There are many who say,
“Who will show us any good?”
(A)Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
Job 14:21
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21 His sons come to honor, and (A)he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
Job 8:9
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- Job 8:9 Lit. not
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense
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