Psalm 119:19
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19 I live as an alien in the land;
do not hide your commandments from me.(A)
1 Chronicles 29:15
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15 For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.(A)
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Psalm 39:12
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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
an alien, like all my forebears.(A)
Psalm 119:10
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10 With my whole heart I seek you;
do not let me stray from your commandments.(A)
1 Peter 2:11
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11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A)
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- 2.11 Or one’s life
Hebrews 11:13-16
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13 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth,(A) 14 for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better homeland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.(B)
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Luke 24:45
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45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
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2 Corinthians 5:6
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6 So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—
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Isaiah 63:17
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17 Why, O Lord, do you let us stray from your ways
and let our heart harden, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your heritage.(A)
Genesis 47:9
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9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn.”
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Luke 9:45
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45 But they did not understand this saying; its meaning remained concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.(A)
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Job 39:17
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17 because God has made it forget wisdom
and given it no share in understanding.(A)
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