Ecclesiastes 1:4
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4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.(A)
Psalm 104:5
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5 You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.(A)
Zechariah 1:5
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5 Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?(A)
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Matthew 24:35
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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)
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2 Peter 3:10-13
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening[b] the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and destroyed and the elements will melt with fire? 13 But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.(B)
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Psalm 119:90-91
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90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast.(A)
91 By your appointment they stand today,
for all things are your servants.(B)
Psalm 89:47-48
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47 Remember how short my time is—[a]
for what vanity you have created all mortals!(A)
48 Who can live and never see death?
Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah(B)
Footnotes
- 89.47 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 102:24-28
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24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away
at the midpoint of my life,
you whose years endure
throughout all generations.”(A)
25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(B)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,(C)
27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.(D)
28 The children of your servants shall live secure;
their offspring shall be established in your presence.(E)
Psalm 90:9-10
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9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
our years come to an end[a] like a sigh.(A)
10 The days of our life are seventy years
or perhaps eighty, if we are strong;
even then their span[b] is only toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.(B)
Exodus 6:16-27
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16 The following are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogies: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.(A) 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families.(B) 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred thirty-three years.(C) 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their genealogies.(D) 20 Amram married Jochebed his aunt, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, and the length of Amram’s life was one hundred thirty-seven years.(E) 21 The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.(F) 22 The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.(G) 23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.(H) 25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites by their families.(I)
26 It was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.” 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, the same Moses and Aaron.
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Exodus 1:6-7
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6 Then Joseph died, and all his brothers, and that whole generation.(A) 7 But the Israelites were fruitful and prolific; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.(B)
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Genesis 47:9
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9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn.”
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