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James 4:14
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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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James 4:14
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14 [a]Yet you do not know [b]what your life will be like tomorrow. (A)For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.

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  1. James 4:14 Lit Who do not
  2. James 4:14 Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?
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James 4:14
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14 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.(A)

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James 4:14
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14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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Ephesians 5:16
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16 (A)redeeming the time, (B)because the days are evil.

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Ephesians 5:16
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16 [a](A)making the most of your time, because (B)the days are evil.

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  1. Ephesians 5:16 Lit redeeming the time
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Ephesians 5:16
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16 making the most of every opportunity,(A) because the days are evil.(B)

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Ephesians 5:16
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16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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Ephesians 6
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Isaiah 55:6
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6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.

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Isaiah 55:6
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6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
(B)Call upon Him while He is near.

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Isaiah 55:6
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6 Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.

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Isaiah 55:6
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6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

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Isaiah 54
Isaiah 56
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Psalm 144:4
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4 (A)Man is like a breath;
(B)His days are like a passing shadow.

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Psalm 144:4
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4 (A)Man is like the breath;
His (B)days are like a passing shadow.

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Psalm 144:4
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4 They are like a breath;(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(B)

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Psalm 144:4
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4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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Psalm 39:5
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5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (A)vapor. Selah

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Psalm 39:5
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5 Behold, You have made (A)my days like [a]hand widths,
And my (B)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Certainly all mankind standing is [b]a mere (C)breath. Selah

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  1. Psalm 39:5 I.e., short
  2. Psalm 39:5 Or altogether breath
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Psalm 39:5
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5 You have made my days(A) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(B)
    even those who seem secure.[a]

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  1. Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
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Psalm 39:5
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5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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