Job 7:1

Is not the life of man upon earth a very battle? Are not his days like the days of a hired servant?

Job 14:5-6

The days of man are short, the number of his months are known only to thee. Thou hast appointed him his bounds; he cannot go beyond them.

Psalm 39:4

"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.

Leviticus 25:50

And he shall reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold in unto the trumpet year, and the price of his buying shall be according unto the number of years, and he shall be with him as a hired servant.

Deuteronomy 15:18

And let it not grieve thine eyes to let him go out from thee, for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee in his service six years. And the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.

Job 5:7

but it is man, that is born unto misery, like as the sparks fly up out of the hot coals.

Job 14:13-14

O that thou wouldest keep me, and hide me in the hell, until thy wrath were stilled: and to appoint me a time, wherein thou mightest remember me.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.

Isaiah 21:16

For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "There is yet a year according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of the Cedar shall fail.

Isaiah 38:5

"Go and speak unto Hezekiah: The LORD God of David thy father sendeth thee this word, 'I have heard thy prayer, and considered thy tears: behold, I will put fifteen years more unto thy life,

Isaiah 40:2

Comfort Jerusalem, and tell her that her travail is at an end, that her offense is pardoned, that she hath received of the LORD's hand sufficient correction for all her sins.

Matthew 20:1-15

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a householder which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

John 11:9-10

Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

An appointed time

Bible References

Is there

Job 14:5
The days of man are short, the number of his months are known only to thee. Thou hast appointed him his bounds; he cannot go beyond them.
Psalm 39:4
"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.
Isaiah 38:5
"Go and speak unto Hezekiah: The LORD God of David thy father sendeth thee this word, 'I have heard thy prayer, and considered thy tears: behold, I will put fifteen years more unto thy life,
John 11:9
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

An appointed time

Ecclesiastes 8:8
Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.

Like the days

Job 14:6
Go from him, that he may rest until his day come: which he looketh for, like as a hireling doth.
Leviticus 25:50
And he shall reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold in unto the trumpet year, and the price of his buying shall be according unto the number of years, and he shall be with him as a hired servant.
Deuteronomy 15:18
And let it not grieve thine eyes to let him go out from thee, for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee in his service six years. And the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
Isaiah 21:16
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, "There is yet a year according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of the Cedar shall fail.
Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a householder which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.