James 4:14
New Living Translation
14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
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1 Peter 1:24
New Living Translation
24 As the Scriptures say,
“People are like grass;
their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.
Psalm 39:5
New Living Translation
5 You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude
1 John 2:17
New Living Translation
17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
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Psalm 102:3
New Living Translation
3 For my days disappear like smoke,
and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
Job 7:6-7
New Living Translation
Job Cries Out to God
6 “My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
7 O God, remember that my life is but a breath,
and I will never again feel happiness.
Job 14:1-2
New Living Translation
14 “How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
2 We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Job 9:25-26
New Living Translation
25 “My life passes more swiftly than a runner.
It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
26 It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
James 1:10
New Living Translation
10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.
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Psalm 89:47
New Living Translation
47 Remember how short my life is,
how empty and futile this human existence!
1 Peter 4:7
New Living Translation
7 The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
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Psalm 90:5-7
New Living Translation
5 You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.
They are like grass that springs up in the morning.
6 In the morning it blooms and flourishes,
but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 We wither beneath your anger;
we are overwhelmed by your fury.
Isaiah 38:12
New Living Translation
12 My life has been blown away
like a shepherd’s tent in a storm.
It has been cut short,
as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom.
Suddenly, my life was over.
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