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In the Bible, the concept of "tomorrow" often serves as a reminder of the uncertainty of the future and the importance of trusting in God's providence. The term is used both literally and metaphorically to convey lessons about faith, planning, and the transient nature of human life.

Biblical References:

1.Proverbs 27:1 · "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring." This verse underscores the unpredictability of life and cautions against overconfidence in future plans. It serves as a reminder to live with humility and reliance on God's will.

2.James 4:13-15 · "Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.' 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. Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.'" This passage echoes the wisdom of Proverbs, emphasizing the brevity of life and the necessity of submitting one's plans to God's sovereign will.

3.Matthew 6:34 · "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own." Jesus teaches His followers to focus on the present, trusting God to provide for their needs each day. This instruction encourages believers to live in the moment, free from anxiety about the future.

4.Exodus 8:10 · In the context of the plagues of Egypt, Pharaoh's response to Moses, "Tomorrow," when asked when he would like the plague of frogs to be removed, illustrates human tendencies to delay obedience and repentance. This narrative highlights the importance of responding to God's call without procrastination.

Theological Implications:

The concept of tomorrow in Scripture often serves as a vehicle for teaching about divine sovereignty and human dependence. It challenges believers to recognize their limitations and the futility of self-reliance. By acknowledging that only God knows the future, Christians are encouraged to cultivate a posture of trust and submission to His will.

Practical Applications:

1.Trust in God’s Providence: Believers are encouraged to trust in God's plan and timing, recognizing that He holds the future. This trust alleviates anxiety and fosters peace, knowing that God is in control.

2.Live Righteously Today: The uncertainty of tomorrow serves as a call to live faithfully and obediently today. Christians are urged to seize the present moment to serve God and others, rather than postponing good deeds or repentance.

3.Plan with Humility: While planning is not discouraged, Scripture advises that plans be made with an attitude of humility and submission to God's will. This involves seeking God's guidance and being open to His redirection.

4.Avoid Procrastination: The biblical narrative warns against delaying important decisions, particularly those related to faith and obedience. Believers are encouraged to act promptly in response to God's leading.

In summary, the biblical perspective on tomorrow invites believers to live with a balanced view of the future—one that is neither anxious nor presumptuous, but rooted in faith and trust in God's eternal wisdom and care.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (adv.) On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow.

2. (n.) The day after the present; the morrow.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MORROW, TOMORROW

mor'-o, too-mor'-o: Two words are used in the Old Testament in this meaning: boqer, which properly means "dawn," or "morning," and machar, properly the same, but used for the next morning and hence, "tomorrow," like the German morgen. The derivative mo-chorath, is "the following day," "all the next day," especially after yom ("day"), but usually coupled with a noun following, as inLeviticus 23:11, mochorath ha-shabbath "day after the Sabbath." It is also used adverbially for "on the morrow," as inGenesis 19:34.

In the Greek of the New Testament we find aurion (Matthew 6:34, etc.), commonly used, but hexes, also occurs (Acts 25:17 the King James Version, where the Revised Version (British and American) renders more exactly "the next day"); epaurion, is "on the morrow" (Acts 10:9, 23, 24).

H. Porter

TOMORROW

too-mor'-o.

SeeMORROW.

Greek

839. aurion --tomorrow
... aurion. 840 .tomorrow. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: aurion Phonetic
Spelling: (ow'-ree-on) Short Definition:tomorrow Definition:tomorrow....

1887. epaurion -- on the next day
... on the next day. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: epaurion Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ow'-ree-on) Short Definition:tomorrow Definition:tomorrow....

1967. epiousios -- for the coming day, for subsistence
... Perhaps from the same as epiousa;tomorrow's; but more probably from epi and a
derivative of the present participle feminine of eimi; for subsistence, ie...

1836. hexes -- next
... Word Origin from echo Definition next NASB Word Usage afterwards* (1),
next (4), soon (1). after, following,tomorrow, next. From...

Strong's Hebrew

4279. machar --tomorrow, in time to come
... 4278, 4279. machar. 4280 .tomorrow, in time to come. Transliteration: machar
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-khar') Short Definition:tomorrow....

1242. boqer -- morn- ing
... Definition morn- ing NASB Word Usage dawn (1), dawn* (2), day (1), daybreak (1),
every morning (5), morning (195), mornings (2), soon (1),tomorrow morning (1...

4283. mochorath -- the morrow
... Or mochoratham (1 Sam. 30:17) {mokh-or-aw- thawm'}; feminine from the same as machar;
the morrow or (adverbially)tomorrow -- morrow, next day....

Library

Lord, forTomorrow and Its Needs
... No. 143 Lord, fortomorrow and its needs. GENERAL Lord, fortomorrow and its needs
("Just for today"). Sister M. Xavier Nicola A. Montani. Slowly....

Lord, forTomorrow and Its Needs
... I. DAILY PRAYER: Morning Daily Prayer: Through the Week 36. Lord, fortomorrow and
its needs. 8.4.8.4... Mary Xavier, 1877. Lord, fortomorrow and its needs....

Prayer and Faith
... When we pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," we are, in a measure, shutting
tomorrow out of our prayer. We do not live intomorrow but in today....

The Twenty-Third Chapter: Thoughts on Death
... elsewhere. Today we live;tomorrow we die and are quickly forgotten.... If you are
not prepared today, how will you be preparedtomorrow?Tomorrow...

The Final Retrospect
... Yesterday we laid the foundation of today, and today we lay the foundation
oftomorrow.... Today is your day;tomorrow is out of your reach....

Something to Do.
... Opportunities do not wait. Do good while you may. You are going to give the flower
tomorrow, buttomorrow the flower may have faded....Tomorrow may be too late....

Happiness Deriving from Perfect Uniformity.
... but a holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun [39] ." The fool, that is, the sinner,
is as changeable as the moon, which today waxes andtomorrow wanes; today...

Whether the Universe of Creatures Always Existed?
... Thus he who wills to make a housetomorrow, and not today, awaits something which
will betomorrow, but is not today; and at least awaits for today to pass...

Whether we Should be Solicitous About the Future?
... not . . . solicitous fortomorrow"; where "tomorrow" stands for the future,
as Jerome says in his commentary on this passage. I...

The World's Consternation at the Sudden and Secret Removal of the...
... Heed that pressing word, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day
of salvation." Boast not thyself oftomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day...

Thesaurus

Tomorrow (57 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The day after the present; the morrow. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
MORROW,TOMORROW.... H. Porter.TOMORROW. too-mor'-o. See MORROW....

Morrow (113 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MORROW AFTER THE SABBATH. (mochorath, or mochoratham,
"the morrow," or "tomorrow," "the day... Frank E. Hirsch. MORROW,TOMORROW....

Day's (19 Occurrences)
... Day's (19 Occurrences). Matthew 6:34 Therefore don't be anxious fortomorrow, for
tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient....

Sanctify (91 Occurrences)
... Exodus 19:10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and
tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)....

To-morrow (52 Occurrences)
To-morrow.Tomorrow, To-morrow. Tone .... Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves; fortomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you....

Consecrate (65 Occurrences)
... Exodus 19:10 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and
tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, (See NAS RSV NIV)....

Oven (22 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and
tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of...

Jabesh (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 11:9 They said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall tell the men
of Jabesh Gilead,'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have...

Worry (14 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:34 Therefore don't be anxious fortomorrow, fortomorrow will be anxious
for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient. (See NAS NIV)....

Wanting (27 Occurrences)
... Acts 23:15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that
he should bring him down to youtomorrow, as though you were going to judge...

Resources

Is carpe diem something a Christian should live by? | GotQuestions.org

Is “eat, drink, and be merry” a biblical concept? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about setting goals? | GotQuestions.org

Tomorrow: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Tomorrow (57 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:30
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, andtomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 6:34
Therefore don't be anxious fortomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:28
But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, andtomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 13:32
He said to them, "Go and tell that fox,'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today andtomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 13:33
Nevertheless I must go on my way today andtomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 23:15
Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to youtomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."
(WEB)

Acts 23:20
He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the counciltomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 25:22
Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:32
If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, fortomorrow we die."
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 1:17
If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No,tomorrow?
(BBE)

James 4:13
Come now, you who say, "Today ortomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

James 4:14
Whereas you don't know what your life will be liketomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:10
He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:23
I will put a division between my people and your people: bytomorrow shall this sign be."'"
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 8:29
Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people,tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 9:5
Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 9:18
Behold,tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. Leviticus
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 10:4
Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold,tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 16:23
He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken,'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.'"
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 17:9
Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek.Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:10
Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today andtomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 32:5
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 11:18
"Say to the people,'Sanctify yourselves againsttomorrow, and you will eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, "Who will give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you will eat.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 14:25
Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley:tomorrow turn, and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea."
(WEB KJV JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 16:5
and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, "In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause to come near to him.
(See NAS)

Numbers 16:7
and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahwehtomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!"
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 16:16
Moses said to Korah, "You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron,tomorrow:
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 3:5
Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; fortomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you."
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 7:13
"Get up! Sanctify the people, and say,'Sanctify yourselves fortomorrow, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, "There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 11:6
Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don't be afraid because of them; fortomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:18
that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? It will be, seeing that you rebel today against Yahweh, thattomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 20:28
and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?" Yahweh said, "Go up; fortomorrow I will deliver him into your hand."
(WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 9:16
"Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry has come to me."
(WEB BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 11:9
They said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead,'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 11:10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 19:2
Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you don't save your life tonight,tomorrow you will be killed."
(WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 20:5
David said to Jonathan, "Behold,tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 20:12
Jonathan said to David, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, be witness : when I have sounded my father about this timetomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 20:18
Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 28:19
Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; andtomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines."
(WEB BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 11:12
David said to Uriah, "Stay here today also, andtomorrow I will let you depart." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them bytomorrow about this time!"
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 20:6
but I will send my servants to youtomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away."'"
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 6:28
The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "This woman said to me,'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my sontomorrow.'
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 7:1
Elisha said, "Hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says Yahweh,'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'"
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 7:18
It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall betomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;"
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 10:6
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, "If you are on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel bytomorrow this time." Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 20:16
Tomorrow go down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 20:17
You shall not need to fight in this battle : set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed:tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:8
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will dotomorrow as the king has said."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:12
Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; andtomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:13
Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to dotomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 3:28
Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again;tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 27:1
Don't boast abouttomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
(WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 22:13
and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, fortomorrow we will die."
(WEB JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 56:12
"Come," say they, "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; andtomorrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

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