Job 17:11
New Living Translation
11 My days are over.
My hopes have disappeared.
My heart’s desires are broken.
Job 7:6
New Living Translation
Job Cries Out to God
6 “My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
They end without hope.
Isaiah 38:10
New Living Translation
10 I said, “In the prime of my life,
must I now enter the place of the dead?[a]
Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”
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- 38:10 Hebrew enter the gates of Sheol?
Proverbs 16:9
New Living Translation
9 We can make our plans,
but the Lord determines our steps.
James 4:13-15
New Living Translation
Warning about Self-Confidence
13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 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. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”
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2 Corinthians 1:15-17
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15 Since I was so sure of your understanding and trust, I wanted to give you a double blessing by visiting you twice— 16 first on my way to Macedonia and again when I returned from Macedonia.[a] Then you could send me on my way to Judea.
17 You may be asking why I changed my plan. Do you think I make my plans carelessly? Do you think I am like people of the world who say “Yes” when they really mean “No”?
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- 1:16 Macedonia was in the northern region of Greece.
Lamentations 3:37
New Living Translation
37 Who can command things to happen
without the Lord’s permission?
Isaiah 8:10
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10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
For God is with us![a]”
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- 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel!
Romans 1:13
New Living Translation
13 I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters,[a] that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see spiritual fruit, just as I have seen among other Gentiles.
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- 1:13 Greek brothers.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
New Living Translation
10 Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave,[a] there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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- 9:10 Hebrew to Sheol.
Proverbs 19:21
New Living Translation
21 You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
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.
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