Top 99 Bible Verses About Life Being Short

Life is a precious gift from God, and we must cherish every moment of it. The Bible has many verses that remind us of the brevity of life and the importance of living it to the fullest. Here are the top 99 Bible verses about life being short:

1. James 4:14

“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

2. Psalm 103:15-16

“The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.”

3. Ecclesiastes 3:2

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”

4. Psalm 90:12

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

5. Job 14:5

“A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.”

6. Matthew 6:27

“Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”

7. Psalm 39:4

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.”

8. Hebrews 9:27

“Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.”

9. Psalm 144:4

“Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.”

10. 1 Peter 1:24-25

“All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

11. Ecclesiastes 12:1

“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, ‘I find no pleasure in them.’”

12. Psalm 89:47-48

“Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!”

13. Proverbs 27:1

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”

14. Job 7:6-7

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath.”

15. Psalm 39:5

“You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.”

16. Ecclesiastes 7:2

“It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.”

17. Psalm 102:11-12

“My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.”

18. James 1:10-11

“But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.”

19. Psalm 39:11

“You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth—each man is but a breath.”

20. 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

“What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.”

21. Psalm 49:10

“For all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless also perish, leaving their wealth to others.”

22. Ecclesiastes 12:7

“…and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”

23. Psalm 90:10

“Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”

24. Job 17:11

“My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart turn night into day.”

25. Isaiah 40:6-8

“A voice says, ‘Cry out.’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ ‘All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.’”

26. Psalm 103:14

“For he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.”

27. Job 9:25-26

“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy. They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.”

28. Psalm 144:3

“Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?”

29. Isaiah 38:12

“Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.”

30. Ecclesiastes 7:4

“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.”

31. Psalm 78:39

“He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.”

32. Psalm 49:16-17

“Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases; for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.”

33. Psalm 39:6

“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.”

34. Psalm 89:45-46

“Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people. You said, ‘I have bestowed strength on a warrior; I have raised up a young man from among the people. I have found David my servant; with my sacred oil I have anointed him. My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him. The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him. I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn will be exalted. I will set his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. He will call out to me, “You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.” And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure. If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging; but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.’”

35. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from