Matthew 6:27
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27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?[a]
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- 6.27 Or add one cubit to your height
Luke 12:25-26
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25 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?[a](A) 26 If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest?
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- 12.25 Or add a cubit to your stature
Ecclesiastes 3:14
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14 I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it; God has done this so that all should stand in awe before him.(A)
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(A)
6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(B)
Matthew 5:36
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36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
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1 Corinthians 12:18
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18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
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