James 1:9-11  But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; • and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. • For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

Genesis 5:27  So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

James 4:14  Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

1 John 2:17  The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.

Psalm 39:4  "LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.

1 Thessalonians 5:3,4  While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. • But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;

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