James 4:14

whereas you do not know anything about the morrow. For what is our life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time but then vanishes away.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13Come now, you who say, “Today and tomorrow let us travel to that certain city, spend a year there, do business and make a profit;”

15Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

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Cross References

James 1:10but the rich brother in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of wild grass.

1 Peter 4:7The end of all things has approached; therefore be serious and self-controlled in your praying.

Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17

Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →

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