1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are
Job 14:2
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Psalm 39:12
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The
Leviticus 25:23
‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.
Psalm 90:9
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who [
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.
Hebrews 11:13-16
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
James 4:14
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
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For we
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and listen to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am Your temporary guest,
A sojourner like all my fathers.
I am a stranger on the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
Our days
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.
Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
A voice says, “Call out [prophesy].”
Then he answered, “What shall I call out?”
[The voice answered:] All humanity is [as frail as] grass, and all that makes it attractive [its charm, its loveliness] is [momentary] like the flower of the field.