Ecclesiastes 1:4
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4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
(A)But the earth abides forever.
Psalm 104:5
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5 You who [a]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
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- Psalm 104:5 Lit. founded the earth upon her bases
Zechariah 1:5
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5 “Your fathers, where are they?
And the prophets, do they live forever?
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
Matthew 24:35
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35 (A)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
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2 Peter 3:10-13
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The Day of the Lord
10 But (A)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which (B)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [a]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be (C)in holy conduct and godliness, 12 (D)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (E)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (F)melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for (G)new heavens and a (H)new earth in which righteousness dwells.
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- 2 Peter 3:10 NU laid bare, lit. found
Psalm 119:90-91
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90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it [a]abides.
91 They continue this day according to (A)Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants.
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- Psalm 119:90 Lit. stands
Psalm 89:47-48
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47 Remember how short my time (A)is;
For what (B)futility have You created all the children of men?
48 What man can live and not [a]see (C)death?
Can he deliver his life from the power of [b]the grave? Selah
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- Psalm 89:48 experience death
- Psalm 89:48 Or Sheol
Psalm 102:24-28
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24 (A)I said, “O my God,
Do not take me away in the midst of my days;
(B)Your years are throughout all generations.
25 (C)Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 (D)They will perish, but You will [a]endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.
27 But (E)You are the same,
And Your years will have no end.
28 (F)The children of Your servants will continue,
And their descendants will be established before You.”
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- Psalm 102:26 continue
Psalm 90:9-10
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9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
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.
Exodus 6:16-27
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16 These are the names of (A)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven. 17 (B)The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families. 18 And (C)the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three. 19 (D)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.
20 Now (E)Amram took for himself (F)Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him (G)Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven. 21 (H)The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And (I)the sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 Aaron took to himself Elisheba, daughter of (J)Amminadab, sister of Nahshon, as wife; and she bore him (K)Nadab, Abihu, (L)Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And (M)the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. 25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and (N)she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
26 These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their (O)armies.”[a] 27 These are the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, (P)to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are the same Moses and Aaron.
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- Exodus 6:26 hosts
Exodus 1:6-7
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6 And (A)Joseph died, all his brothers, and all that generation. 7 (B)But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and [a]grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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- Exodus 1:7 became very numerous
Genesis 47:9
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9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, (A)“The days of the years of my [a]pilgrimage are (B)one hundred and thirty years; (C)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and (D)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
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- Genesis 47:9 Lit. sojourning
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