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“For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.” – Psalm 90:9
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“Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.” – Psalm 144:4
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“What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” – James 4:14
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“But me? I’m not so sure: I’m wasted. I’m on my way to the nothingness of nothingness—it’s all smoke.” – Ecclesiastes 2:16 (MSG)
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“The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.” – Psalm 103:15-16
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“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” – Psalm 90:12
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“In the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.” – Psalm 90:6
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“Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ 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.” – James 4:13-14
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“Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility You have created all men!” – Psalm 89:47
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“Surely every man walks about like a shadow; surely they busy themselves in vain; he heaps up riches and does not know who will gather them.” – Psalm 39:6
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“Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah” – Psalm 39:5
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“For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.” – Psalm 102:3 MOTHER DAUGHTER HAND QUOTES
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“As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.” – Psalm 103:15-16
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“The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.” – Psalm 90:10
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“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” – James 4:13-14
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“As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.” – Psalm 103:15-16
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“For ‘people are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.'” – 1 Peter 1:24
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“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to their end without hope.” – Job 7:6
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“The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble, they are soon gone, and we fly away.” – Psalm 90:10
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“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.” – Job 14:1-2
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“Like a twittering swallow or a darting sparrow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.” – Proverbs 26:2
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“Your eye will not pity them, nor will you spare them, but you will certainly demolish them—just as the LORD your God has commanded you.” – Deuteronomy 7:16