11 Bible Verses about Transient World

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1 John 2:17

The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.

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

Luke 12:28

But if this is how God clothes the grass which is in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You of little faith!

Job 20:5


That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

Isaiah 24:4

The earth dries up and crumbles away, the world dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away.

Romans 8:19-22

For [even the whole] creation [all nature] waits eagerly for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration and futility, not willingly [because of some intentional fault on its part], but by the will of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will also be freed from its bondage to decay [and gain entrance] into the glorious freedom of the children of God. read more.
For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now.

James 5:2

Your wealth has rotted and is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten.

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