James 4:14

We cannot know tomorrow, for life is a brief vapor that quickly vanishes. Human life is fragile and fleeting.

Cross-references · 12

• 1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Ps 39:5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
• 1 Jn 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
• Ps 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
• Job 7:6–7My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
• Jas 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
• Job 14:1–2“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
• Ps 90:5–7You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
• Job 9:25–26My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
• Ps 89:47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
• 1 Pet 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
• Isa 38:12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.

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