1 Chronicles 29:15

Easy To Read Version

We are only strangers traveling through\par this world like our ancestors. {\cf2\super [323]} \par Our time on earth is like a passing shadow.\par And we can’t stop it.\par

Cross References

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham stayed a long time in the country of the Philistines.

Genesis 23:4

“I am only a traveler staying in your country. I have no place to bury my wife. Please give me some land so I can bury my wife.”

Genesis 28:4

I pray that God will bless you and your children the same way he blessed Abraham. And I pray that you will own the land where you live. This is the land God gave to Abraham.”

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I have lived only 130 years. My father and his ancestors [251] lived to be much older than I am.”

1 Chronicles 29:14

All these things didn’t come\par from me and my people!\par All these things come from you.\par We are only giving back to you\par things that came from you.\par

1 Chronicles 29:16

Lord our God, we gathered all these things\par to build your temple.\par We build this temple to honor your name.\par But all these things have come from you.\par Everything belongs to you.\par

Job 14:10

But when man dies, he is finished!\par When man dies, he is gone.\par

Job 14:2

Man’s life is like a flower. He grows quickly, and then dies away. Man’s life is like a shadow that is here for a short time, and then it is gone.

Job 8:9

It seems like we were born yesterday.\par We are too young to know for sure.\par Our days on earth are very short,\par like a shadow.\par

Psalm 102:11

My life is almost finished,\par like the long shadows\par at the end of the day.\par I am like dry and dying grass.\par

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger in this land.\par Lord, don’t hide your teachings from me.\par

Psalm 144:4

A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par

Psalm 39:12

Lord, hear my prayer!\par Listen to the words I cry to you.\par Look at my tears.\par I am only a traveler\par passing through this life with you.\par Like all my ancestors, I live here only\par a short time. {\cf2\super [241]} \par

Psalm 39:13

Lord, leave me alone {\cf2\super [242]} \par and let me be happy\par before I am dead and gone.\par

Psalm 90:9

Your anger can end our life.\par Our lives fade away like a whisper.\par

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what is best for a person during his short life on earth? His life passes like a shadow. No one can tell him what will happen later.

Leviticus 25:23

“The land really belongs to me. So you can’t really sell it permanently. You are only foreigners and travelers living {on my land} with me.

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers \{in this world\}. So I beg you to stay away from the evil things your bodies want to do. These things fight against your soul.