Psalm 39:6

Easy To Read Version

Our life is like an image \{in a mirror\}. {\cf2\super [239]} \par We rush through life collecting things,\par but we don’t know who will get them\par \{after we die\}.\par

Cross References

Job 14:1

\{Job said,\} “We are all human beings. {\cf2\super [24]} Our life is short and full of trouble.

Job 7:16

I hate my life—I give up.\par I don’t want to live forever.\par Leave me alone!\par My life means nothing!\par

Job 7:7

God, remember, my life is only a breath.\par I will never see anything good again.\par

Psalm 127:2

It is a waste of time\par to get up early and stay up late,\par trying to make a living.\par God cares for the people he loves,\par even while they are sleeping.\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 89:48

No person will live and never die.\par No person will escape the grave.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [514]})\i0 \par

Proverbs 13:22

A good person will have wealth to give to his children and grandchildren. And in the end, good people will get all the things that evil people have.

Proverbs 23:5

Money goes very quickly, as if it grows wings and flies away like a bird.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I looked at all the things done on earth, and I saw that it is all a waste of time. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [6]}

Ecclesiastes 11:10

Don’t let your anger control you. And don’t let your body lead you to sin. {\cf2\super [43]} People do foolish things in the dawn of life while they are young.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [47]}

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If a person does good and pleases God, then God will give that person wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But a person that sins will get only the work of gathering and carrying things. God takes from the bad person and gives to the good person. But all this work is useless. It is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [14]}

Ecclesiastes 2:8

I also gathered silver and gold for myself. I took treasures from kings and their nations. I had men and women singing for me. I had everything anyone could want.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

And then something bad happens and he loses everything. So that person has nothing to give to his son.

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on something\par that is not real food?\par Why should you work for something\par that does not really satisfy you?\par Listen very closely to me,\par and you will eat the good food.\par You will enjoy the food\par that satisfies your soul.\par

Luke 12:26

If you cannot do the little things, then why worry about the big things?

Luke 12:29

So don’t always think about what you will eat or what you will drink. Don’t worry about it.

1 Corinthians 7:31

People who use the things of the world should live like those things are not important to them. You should live like this, because this world, the way it is now, will soon be gone.

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.

James 5:3

Your gold and silver will rust, and that rust will be a proof that you were wrong. That rust will eat your bodies like fire. You saved your treasure in the last days.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture {\cf2\super [12]} says,

1 Peter 5:7

Give all your worries to him, because he cares for you.