13 Bible Verses about Life, Brevity Of

"Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I [am]."

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.

For we [are] strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors. Our days [are] like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope [of abiding].

for we [are of] yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth [are] a shadow.

for he remembered that they [were] flesh, a passing wind that does not return.

you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

Then David {took an oath} again and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thought, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he worry.' But {as Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, surely [there is] merely a step between me and death!"

Remember what my lifespan [is]. [Remember] for what vanity you have created all [the] children of humankind.

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

My days [are] like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.

A voice [is] saying, "Call!" And he said, "What shall I call?" All {humankind} [are] grass, and all his loyalty [is] like the flowers of the field.