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Psalm 39:12
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Psalm 39:12
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12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
1 Peter 2:11
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1 Peter 2:11
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11 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.
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1 Peter 2:11
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1 Peter 2:11
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Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(A) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(B) to abstain from sinful desires,(C) which wage war against your soul.(D)
Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth.
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Hebrews 11:13
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Hebrews 11:13
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13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.(C)
Psalm 119:19
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Psalm 119:19
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19 I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don’t hide your commands from me!
Psalm 119:19
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Psalm 119:19
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19 I am a stranger on earth;(A)
do not hide your commands from me.
Leviticus 25:23
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Leviticus 25:23
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23 “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
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Leviticus 25:23
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Leviticus 25:23
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23 “‘The land(A) must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine(B) and you reside in my land as foreigners(C) and strangers.
Genesis 47:9
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Genesis 47:9
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9 Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”
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Genesis 47:9
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Genesis 47:9
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9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.(A) My years have been few and difficult,(B) and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.(C)”
1 Peter 1:17
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1 Peter 1:17
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17 And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”
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Psalm 56:8
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Psalm 56:8
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8 You keep track of all my sorrows.[a]
You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in your book.
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- 56:8 Or my wanderings.
Psalm 56:8
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Psalm 56:8
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- Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin
1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.
1 Chronicles 29:15
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1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 We are foreigners and strangers(A) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(B) without hope.
2 Kings 20:5
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2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord.
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2 Kings 20:5
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2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard(A) your prayer and seen your tears;(B) I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.
Psalm 116:3
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Psalm 116:3
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3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
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- 116:3 Hebrew of Sheol.
Psalm 116:3
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Psalm 116:3
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3 The cords of death(A) entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
Job 16:20
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Job 16:20
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20 My friends scorn me,
but I pour out my tears to God.
2 Samuel 16:12
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2 Samuel 16:12
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12 And perhaps the Lord will see that I am being wronged[a] and will bless me because of these curses today.”
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- 16:12 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads see my iniquity.
2 Samuel 16:12
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2 Samuel 16:12
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12 It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery(A) and restore to me his covenant blessing(B) instead of his curse today.(C)”
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