6 Bible Verses about Life Being Temporary

Most Relevant Verses

2 Corinthians 4:18

So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable. Cross references: 2 Corinthians 4:6 : Gen 1:3 2 Corinthians 4:13 : Ps 116:10 end of crossrefs

Psalm 49:12


But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 103:15-16


As for man, his days are like grass;
Like a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

For the wind passes over it and it is no more,
And its place knows it no longer.

Isaiah 38:12


“My dwelling (body) is pulled up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web].
He cuts me free from the warp [of the loom];
From day to night You bring me to an end.

2 Peter 1:13-14

I think it right, as long as I am in this earthly tent, to inspire you by reminding you, knowing that the laying aside of this earthly tent of mine is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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