Job 29:18

"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

Genesis 32:12

But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'"

Genesis 41:49

Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

Job 5:26

You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

Job 42:16-17

After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Psalm 30:6-7

In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended."

Psalm 91:16

I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.

Jeremiah 22:23

You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.

Jeremiah 49:16

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

Obadiah 1:4

Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!" says the Lord.

Habakkuk 2:9

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

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Summary

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Bible References

I shall die

Psalm 30:6
In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended."
Jeremiah 22:23
You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.
Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.
Obadiah 1:4
Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!" says the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:9
The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Multiply

Job 5:26
You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.
Job 42:16
After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
Psalm 91:16
I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.

As the sand

Genesis 32:12
But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'"
Genesis 41:49
Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure.

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