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.
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
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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.
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- Hebrews 11:13 NU, M omit were assured of them
Psalm 119:19
New King James Version
19 (A)I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Leviticus 25:23
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Redemption of Property
23 ‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for (A)the land is Mine; for you are (B)strangers and sojourners with Me.
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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
1 Peter 1:17
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17 And if you call on the Father, who (A)without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your [a]stay here in fear;
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- 1 Peter 1:17 sojourning, dwelling as resident aliens
Psalm 56:8
New King James Version
8 You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
(A)Are they not in Your book?
1 Chronicles 29:15
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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
2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Return and tell Hezekiah (A)the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: (B)“I have heard your prayer, I have seen (C)your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
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Psalm 116:3
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3 (A)The [a]pains of death surrounded me,
And the [b]pangs of Sheol [c]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
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- Psalm 116:3 Lit. cords
- Psalm 116:3 distresses
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. found me
Job 16:20
New King James Version
20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
2 Samuel 16:12
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12 It may be that the Lord will look on [a]my affliction, and that the Lord will (A)repay me with (B)good for his cursing this day.”
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- 2 Samuel 16:12 So with Kt., LXX, Syr., Vg.; Qr. my eyes; Tg. tears of my eyes
Hebrews 5:7
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7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had (A)offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with vehement cries and tears to Him (C)who was able to save Him from death, and was heard (D)because of His godly fear,
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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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Psalm 102:1
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The Lord’s Eternal Love
A Prayer of the afflicted, (A)when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
102 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry come to You.
Psalm 119:54
New King James Version
54 Your statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
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