The bible as the word of God is one treasure pot of lessons. It never fails to teach us every single life lesson that we need. Just like my mother always said during bible studies, Their is no life lesson that you cannot find in the bible. Directly or indirectly. You just need to search with your heart and you will find it. When it comes to how short our life is on earth, the bible you donot need to deep search,it has been emphasized repeatedly in the bible to all of us. We will look at it in different contexts which the word of God has used to show how trifling life is indeed.

Different Bible Verses About Life Is Short And Concepts

According to the book of Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (KJV):

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”

Ecclesiastes 12:7 (KJV):

“Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”

These verses show us that we are on earth for a short time , for a limited period and will definitely return back to God our creator.

“Life is short, death is sure”

This phrase does not appear verbatim in the Bible, but it is a message that has been conveyed tous in several verses. Letting us know how brief our stayis on this earth.

Relevant Bible Verses:

1. Hebrews 9:27 (KJV):
   “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”
2. James 4:14 (KJV):
   “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
3. Ecclesiastes 3:2 (KJV):
   “A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”
4. Job 14:1-2 (KJV):
   “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
5. Psalm 90:10 (KJV):
   “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”

Here are Bible verses that compare life to a flower, emphasizing its fleeting nature:

The bible have used flowers as an object to convey specific messages to us. Indeed when we look at our lives here on earth,it is easy to see how fleeting our journey is and how accurately we can be compared to flowers.

Key Verses:

1. Job 14:1-2 (KJV):
   “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
   He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”
2. Psalm 103:15-16 (KJV):
   “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
   For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.”
3. Isaiah 40:6-8 (KJV):
   “The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
   The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.”

Bible Verses About Life Is Short

Below are bible verses about how short our lives are according to Good news bible, KjV, and the mormon bible.

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Roman Catholic Good News Bible (GNB):

1. Psalm 39:5
   “How short you have made my life!”
2. Psalm 103:15
   “Our life is like grass; it grows and flourishes like a wildflower.”
3. James 4:14
   “You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.”
4. Job 14:1
   “Human life is like a flower that blooms and fades.”
5. Ecclesiastes 3:2
   “There is a time to be born and a time to die.”

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King James Version (KJV):

1. Psalm 90:10
   “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”
2. Psalm 39:4
   “LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.”
3. James 4:14
   “For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
4. Job 7:6
   “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle.”
5. Ecclesiastes 12:7
   “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”

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Latter-day Saint Scripture (Book of Mormon & Doctrine and Covenants):

1. Alma 34:32
   “For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God.”
2. 2 Nephi 2:21
   “Days of the children of men were prolonged, according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the flesh.”
3. Jacob 7:26
   “Our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream.”
4. Mosiah 2:21
   “If you should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants.”
5. Doctrine and Covenants 64:33
   “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great.”