James 4:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34

Barzillai answered: Your Majesty, why should I go to Jerusalem? I don't have much longer to live.

Psalm 102:3

My days disappear like smoke, and my bones are burning as though in a furnace.

Psalm 144:4

We disappear like a breath; we last no longer than a faint shadow.

Psalm 39:5

You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. “Human life is but a breath,

Psalm 78:39

God remembered that they were made of flesh and were like a wind that blows once and then dies down.

Psalm 89:47

Remember, life is short! Why did you empty our lives of all meaning?

Proverbs 27:1

Don't boast about tomorrow! Each day brings its own surprises.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting the power of humans. They are all going to die, so how can they help?

Isaiah 38:12

My life was taken from me like the tent that a shepherd pulls up and moves. You cut me off like thread from a weaver's loom; you make a wreck of me day and night.

James 1:10

But any who are rich should be glad when God makes them humble. Rich people will disappear like wild flowers

1 Peter 1:24

The Scriptures say, “Humans wither like grass, and their glory fades like wild flowers. Grass dries up, and flowers fall to the ground.

1 Peter 4:7

Everything will soon come to an end. So be serious and be sensible enough to pray.

1 John 2:17

The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live for ever.