Verse 27

Who among you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to their lifespan?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it nor taken from it. God does this so that people will fear Him.
  • Luke 12:25-26 : 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26 If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
  • Matt 5:36 : 36 And do not swear by your head, because you cannot make even one hair white or black.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is. 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 But now God has arranged the members, each one of them, in the body just as He desired.