James 4:14

New International Reader's Version

You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai said to the king, “I won’t live for many more years. So why should I go up to Jerusalem with you?

Psalm 102:3

My days are disappearing like smoke. My body burns like glowing coals.

Psalm 144:4

Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

Psalm 39:5

You have given me only a few days to live. My whole life doesn’t seem like anything to you. No one lasts any longer than a breath. This is true even for those who feel secure.

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were only human. He remembered they were only a breath of air that drifts by and doesn’t return.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is. You have created all people for such a useless purpose!

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow. You don’t know what a day will bring.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in mere human beings, who can’t help you. They only live for a little while. What good are they?

Isaiah 38:12

My body is like a shepherd’s tent. It has been pulled down and carried off. My life is like a piece of cloth that I’ve rolled up. You have cut it off from the loom. In a short period of time you have brought my life to an end.

James 1:10

But rich people should take pride in their low positions. That’s because they will fade away like wild flowers.

1 Peter 1:24

It is written, “All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. So be watchful and control yourselves. Then you may pray.

1 John 2:17

The world and its evil desires are passing away. But whoever does what God wants them to do lives forever.