17 Bible Verses about Physical Life

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Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.

Job 8:9

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

Job 9:25

"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

Job 14:2

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Psalm 39:5

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Psalm 90:9

Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

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