Here are 10 Bible verses about the world being temporary from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Hebrews 1:10-12 KJV
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Luke 21:33 KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 24:35 KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
2 Corinthians 4:18 KJV
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Mark 13:31 KJV
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 5:18 KJV
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Hebrews 12:26-27 KJV
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Isaiah 40:6-7 KJV
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
1 Peter 1:24 KJV
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1 Corinthians 7:31 KJV
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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