James 4:14

New American Bible - revised edition

you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

Cross References

1 Peter 1:24

for: “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the field; the grass withers, and the flower wilts;

Psalm 39:5

Lord, let me know my end, the number of my days, that I may learn how frail I am.

1 John 2:17

Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever. Antichrists.

Psalm 102:3

Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

James 1:10

and the rich one in his lowliness, for he will pass away “like the flower of the field.”

Psalm 89:47

How long, Lord? Will you hide forever? Must your wrath smolder like fire?

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober for prayers.

Isaiah 38:12

My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent, is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs me from the last thread. From morning to night you make an end of me;

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passes on and does not return.

Psalm 144:4

Man is but a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what any day may bring forth.

Isaiah 2:22

As for you, stop worrying about mortals, in whose nostrils is but a breath; for of what worth are they?

2 Samuel 19:34

The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for your old age as my guest in Jerusalem.”