James 4:14
You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.
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15What you should say is, “If it's the Lord's will, we'll live like this and plan to do that.”
Cross References
Job 7:6My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
Job 14:1“Life is short and full of trouble,
Psalms 89:47Remember me—my life is so short! Why did you bother creating futile humanity?
Psalms 102:3My life is disappearing like smoke; my body feels like it's on fire!
James 1:10while the rich should “boast” in the humble position they now have, since they will fade away like flowers in the field.
1 Peter 4:7Everything is coming to an end! So think clearly and stay alert when you pray.
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 →