James 4:14

New Living Translation

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34

“No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.

Psalm 102:3

For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

Psalm 144:4

For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 39:5

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

Psalm 78:39

For he remembered that they were merely mortal, gone like a breath of wind that never returns.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

Proverbs 27:1

Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring.

Isaiah 2:22

Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?

Isaiah 38:12

My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.

James 1:10

And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.

1 Peter 1:24

As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.

1 John 2:17

And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.