19 Bible Verses about Time Passing

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."

"Absolutely futile!" laments the Teacher, "All of these things are futile!"

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!

"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!"

A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.

He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.