19 Bible Verses about Time Passing

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,

If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;

He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord provoking Him to anger.

When midday was past, they raved until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—

As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,
And its place acknowledges it no longer.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Remember what my span of life is;
For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like the locust.

My days are like a lengthened shadow,
And I wither away like grass.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.