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.

Cross-references

In Genesis 47:9, Jacob calls his life a sojourning — the same image David uses here to describe human transience before God.

In 1 Peter 2:11, Peter calls believers sojourners and exiles — directly applying the same identity from David's prayer here.

James 4:14 Parallel

James 4:14 compares life to a vanishing mist, reinforcing the same transient nature as the shadow.

Hebrews 11:13-16 expands on the sojourner identity — the patriarchs lived as strangers, just as David confesses here, longing for a heavenly home.

Ecclesiastes 6:12 also compares life to a passing shadow, echoing the brevity David expresses.

Psalm 144:4 Parallel

Psalm 144:4 repeats the 'passing shadow' simile, strengthening the transience theme.

Psalm 119:19 also uses 'sojourner on the earth', reinforcing the transient identity David expresses here.

Psalm 102:11 uses the same 'shadow' image for human frailty, directly reinforcing David's words.

Psalm 90:9 Related theme

Psalm 90:9 echoes life's fleeting nature under God's wrath, paralleling the shadow metaphor here.

Psalm 39:12 Allusion

Psalm 39:12 echoes the same sojourner metaphor — David again calls himself a guest before God, mirroring his prayer here.

Job 14:2 Parallel

Job 14:2 compares life to a fleeting shadow — the same metaphor David uses here for human transience.

Job 8:9 Parallel

Job 8:9 uses the identical 'days on earth are a shadow' metaphor, reinforcing the same theme of human transience.

Leviticus 25:23 declares God's people strangers and sojourners with Him, directly underlying David's confession.

1 Peter 1:17 explicitly calls believers to live in fear during their time of exile, directly echoing the 'strangers and sojourners' concept.

Genesis 23:4 has Abraham saying 'I am a stranger and a sojourner', the exact phrase David echoes.

Exodus 2:22 Parallel

Exodus 2:22 records Moses calling himself a sojourner, linking to the same identity of God's people.

Psalm 109:23 also compares life to a passing shadow, but in a personal lament context — a similar image of transience.

Isaiah 40:6-8 uses grass/withering for human frailty, complementing the shadow metaphor here.