Psalm 39:12
New Living Translation
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
New Living Translation
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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Hebrews 11:13
New Living Translation
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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Psalm 119:19
New Living Translation
19 I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don’t hide your commands from me!
Leviticus 25:23
New Living Translation
Redemption of Property
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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Genesis 47:9
New Living Translation
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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1 Peter 1:17
New Living Translation
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
New Living Translation
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.
Footnotes
- 56:8 Or my wanderings.
1 Chronicles 29:15
New Living Translation
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.
2 Kings 20:5
New Living Translation
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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Psalm 116:3
New Living Translation
3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
Footnotes
- 116:3 Hebrew of Sheol.
Job 16:20
New Living Translation
20 My friends scorn me,
but I pour out my tears to God.
2 Samuel 16:12
New Living Translation
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.
Hebrews 5:7
New Living Translation
7 While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
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2 Corinthians 5:6
New Living Translation
6 So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.
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Psalm 102:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 102
A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the Lord.
1 Lord, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!
Psalm 119:54
New Living Translation
54 Your decrees have been the theme of my songs
wherever I have lived.
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