1 Corinthians 7:31

Concerning The Unmarried

³⁰ and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing; ³¹ and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world. ³² And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

In the World

Of the World

Of This World

Way of Life

World is Passing Away

Of This Life

1 John 2:17

and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.

Psalm 39:6

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What, then, is my reward? -- that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

1 Peter 1:24

because all flesh is as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

1 Peter 4:7

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Psalm 73:20

As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

Ecclesiastes 1:4

A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25

There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Lo, that which I have seen: It is good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 9:7-10

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

Matthew 24:48-50

'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

Matthew 25:14-29

For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

Luke 12:15-21

And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

Luke 16:1-2

And he said also unto his disciples, 'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

Luke 19:17-26

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

Luke 21:34

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

James 1:10-11

and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;

James 4:14

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

James 5:1-5

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;