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
If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them].
Psalm 39:4
"Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I [am]."
Isaiah 38:5
"Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. {Look, I am going to} add fifteen years to your days.
John 11:9
Jesus replied, Are [there] not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks around in the daylight, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
An appointed time
Ecclesiastes 8:8
Just as no one can control the wind to restrain the wind, so also no one can control the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged in time of war, so wickedness will not deliver the wicked.
Like the days
Job 14:6
Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer.
Leviticus 25:50
And he shall calculate with his buyer from the year of {his selling himself} until the Jubilee; and the value of his selling shall be according to the number of years--it shall be with him like a hired worker's days.
Deuteronomy 15:18
It shall not be hard in your eyes {when you send him forth free}, because for six years he has served you [worth] twice the wage of a hired worker; and Yahweh your God will bless you {in whatever you will do}.
Isaiah 21:16
For the Lord said this to me: "{In one more year}, like [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 man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.