1 Chronicles 29:15

“For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.”

"For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." - 1 Chronicles 29:15
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What does 1 Chronicles 29:15 mean?

1 Chronicles 29:15 (KJV) - "For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." This verse comes from the Old Testament book of 1 Chronicles, which is a historical account of the reign of…

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Embracing Our Journey: A Reflection on 1 Chronicles 29:15

The verse from 1 Chronicles 29:15 states, "For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." This poignant reflection offers profound insights into the transient nature of our earthly…

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A Prayer of Acknowledgment and Reflection

Dear Heavenly Father, We come before You today in deep reverence and humble acknowledgment of our fleeting existence upon this earth, reflecting on the profound truth captured in the words of 1 Chronicles 29:15, where it is stated, "For we are strangers before thee, and…

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1 Chronicles 29:15 - "For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding."
1 Chronicles 15:29 - "¶ And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart."
1 Chronicles 4:29 - "And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,"
2 Chronicles 29:15 - "And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD."
1 Chronicles 1:29 - "¶ These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,"
1 Chronicles 11:29 - "Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,"
1 Chronicles 24:29 - "Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel."
1 Chronicles 1:15
1 Chronicles 1:15
1 Chronicles 1:15 - "And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,"
1 Chronicles 29:29 - "Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,"
1 Chronicles 29:26 - "¶ Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel."
1 Chronicles 8:29 - "And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:"
"And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad," - 1 Chronicles 4:29
1 Chronicles 2:29 - "And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid."
1 Chronicles 25:29 - "The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"
1 Chronicles 8:15 - "And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,"
1 Chronicles 16:29 – "Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him."
1 Chronicles 24:15 - "The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,"
1 Chronicles 29:13 - "Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name."
1 Chronicles 26:29 - "¶ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges."
"Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite," - 1 Chronicles 11:29
1 Chronicles 2:15 - "Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:"
1 Chronicles 6:29 - "The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,"
1 Chronicles 15:4 - "And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:"
1 Kings 14:29 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
1 Chronicles 23:15 - "The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer."
1 Chronicles 15:23 - "And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark."
"And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite," - 1 Chronicles 1:15