13 Bible Verses about Life, Brevity Of
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“Lord, make me to know my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how transient I am.
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.
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
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.”
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
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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