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Jacques 4:14
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. (niv)
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Job 14:2
They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure. (niv)
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Lamentations 3:24-27
I say to myself,“ The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 3:22
So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them? (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 8:13
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. (niv)
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Psaumes 144:4
They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. (niv)
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Psaumes 39:5-6
You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.“ Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 8:7
Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come? (niv)
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Psaumes 90:10-12
Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (niv)
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Psaumes 17:15
As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness. (niv)
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Psaumes 89:47
Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity! (niv)
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Psaumes 102:11
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. (niv)
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Michée 6:8
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 9:6
Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun. (niv)
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1 Chroniques 29 15
We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. (niv)
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Psaumes 109:23
I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. (niv)
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Job 8:9
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. (niv)
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Psaumes 4:6
Many, Lord, are asking,“ Who will bring us prosperity?” Let the light of your face shine on us. (niv)
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Job 14:21
If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it. (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 12:13
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. (niv)
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Psaumes 47:4
He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. (niv)
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Ecclésiaste 2:3
I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly— my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives. (niv)
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Psaumes 16:5
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. (niv)