13 Bible Verses about Life, Brevity Of

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 39:4

Lord, make me to know my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how transient I am.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

Job 8:9

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

Psalm 78:39

Thus He remembered that they were but flesh,
A wind that passes and does not return.

Job 9:25

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

Job 10:20

“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

1 Samuel 20:3

Yet David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death.”

Psalm 89:47

Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

Job 14:2

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Isaiah 40:6

A voice says, “Call out.”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

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