Psalm 119:19

Gimel

¹⁸ Open my eyes so that I will observe amazing things from your instruction. ¹⁹ Since I am a stranger on the earth, do not hide your commands from me. ²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for your decrees at all times.

On Earth

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.

Genesis 47:9

"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord.

Job 39:17

because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.

Psalm 119:10

I have sought you with all of my heart; do not let me drift away from your commands.

Isaiah 63:17

Why, LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.

Luke 9:45

But they didn't know what this meant. Indeed, the meaning was hidden from them so that they didn't understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.

Hebrews 11:13-16

All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.