Ecclesiastes 6:6
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6 Even though he should live a thousand years twice over yet enjoy no good—do not all go to one place?
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Ecclesiastes 3:20
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20 All go to one place, all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.(A)
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Hebrews 9:27
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27 And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once and after that the judgment,(A)
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Job 30:23
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23 I know that you will bring me to death,
to the house appointed for all living.(A)
Jeremiah 17:6
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6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert
and shall not see when relief comes.
They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited salt land.(A)
Isaiah 65:22
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22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat,
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.(A)
Isaiah 65:20
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20 No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days
or an old person who does not live out a lifetime,
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,
and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.(A)
Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
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3 A man may father a hundred children and live many years, but however many are the days of his years, if he does not enjoy life’s good things or has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.(A)
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Psalm 34:12
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12 Which of you desires life
and covets many days to enjoy good?(A)
Psalm 4:6-7
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6 There are many who say, “O that we might see some good!
Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”(A)
7 You have put gladness in my heart
more than when their grain and wine abound.(B)
Job 7:7
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7 “Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.(A)
Job 1:21
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21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(A)
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Genesis 5:23-24
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23 Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.(A)
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Genesis 5:5
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5 Thus all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, and he died.(A)
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