Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Is there
An appointed time
Like the days
Bible References
Is there
Job 14:5
Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
Psalm 39:4
"O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!
Isaiah 38:5
"Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
John 11:9
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
An appointed time
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
Like the days
Job 14:6
look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
Leviticus 25:50
He shall calculate with his buyer from the year when he sold himself to him until the year of jubilee, and the price of his sale shall vary with the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be rated as the time of a hired servant.
Deuteronomy 15:18
It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for at half the cost of a hired servant he has served you six years. So the LORD your God will bless you in all that you do.
Isaiah 21:16
For thus the Lord said to me, "Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
Matthew 20:1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.