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Afflictions, Prayer During » That we may be taught the uncertainty of life
"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.
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death » Preparation for
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
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I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work.
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"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.
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During this time, Hezekiah became sick with a fatal illness, so Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, approached him and told him, "This is what the LORD says: "Put your household in order, because you are dying. You will not survive.'"
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"While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion."
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If we live, we live to honor the Lord; and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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For to me, to go on living is the Messiah, and to die is gain.
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For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.
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O, that they were wise to understand this and consider their future!
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Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
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teach us to keep account of our days so we may develop inner wisdom.
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Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.
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How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine! Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come all of which are pointless.
For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot sing your praise; and those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. The living yes the living they thank you, just as I am doing today; fathers will tell their children about your faithfulness.
"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning. Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him. How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell all of you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.
Instead you should say, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that."
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natural Death » Pray to be prepared for
"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.
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teach us to keep account of our days so we may develop inner wisdom.
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Measures » Illustrative » (the measure of our days,) of the shortness of life
"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.
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