Psalm 119:19
New King James Version
19 (A)I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
1 Chronicles 29:15
New King James Version
15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense
Psalm 39:12
New King James Version
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.
Psalm 119:10
New King James Version
10 With my whole heart I have (A)sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
1 Peter 2:11
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Living Before the World
11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul,
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Hebrews 11:13-16
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The Heavenly Hope
13 These all died in faith, (A)not having received the (B)promises, but (C)having seen them afar off [a]were assured of them, embraced them and (D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things (E)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind (F)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed (G)to be called their God, for He has (H)prepared a city for them.
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- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
Luke 24:45
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45 And (A)He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
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2 Corinthians 5:6
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6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.
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Isaiah 63:17
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17 O Lord, why have You (A)made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
Genesis 47:9
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9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, (A)“The days of the years of my [a]pilgrimage are (B)one hundred and thirty years; (C)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and (D)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.”
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- Genesis 47:9 Lit. sojourning
Luke 9:45
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45 (A)But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.
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Job 39:17
New King James Version
17 Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not (A)endow her with understanding.
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