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 man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.
Psalm 39:4
"O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
Isaiah 38:5
"Go and tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,
John 11:9
Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
An appointed time
Ecclesiastes 8:8
Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
Like the days
Job 14:6
Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.
Leviticus 25:50
He must calculate with the one who bought him the number of years from the year he sold himself to him until the jubilee year, and the cost of his sale must correspond to the number of years, according to the rate of wages a hired worker would have earned while with him.
Deuteronomy 15:18
You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
Isaiah 21:16
For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
Matthew 20:1
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.