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2 Thessalonians 3:11
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
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11 For we hear that some among you are (A)leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like (B)busybodies.
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
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11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.(A)
Proverbs 18:9
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Proverbs 18:9
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Proverbs 18:9
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Proverbs 18:9
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9 One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.(A)
Proverbs 21:17
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Proverbs 21:17
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17 One who (A)loves pleasure will become a poor person;
One who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
Proverbs 21:17
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Proverbs 21:17
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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)
Proverbs 23:20-21
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Proverbs 23:20-21
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20 Do not be with (A)heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with (B)gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the (C)heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And (D)drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
Proverbs 23:20-21
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Proverbs 23:20-21
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Proverbs 28:19
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Proverbs 28:19
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19 (A)One who works his land will (B)have plenty of food,
But one who follows empty pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Proverbs 28:19
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Proverbs 28:19
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19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
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8 There was a man without a [a]dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, (A)his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And (B)for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an (C)unhappy task.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:8 Lit second
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
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8 There was a man all alone;
he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content(A) with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,
“and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”
This too is meaningless—
a miserable business!
Ecclesiastes 6:2
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Ecclesiastes 6:2
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2 a person to whom God has (A)given riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul (B)lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the opportunity to [a]enjoy these things, but a foreigner [b]enjoys them. This is futility and a severe affliction.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eat from it
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 Lit eats it
Ecclesiastes 6:2
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Ecclesiastes 6:2
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2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them,(A) and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.(B)
1 Timothy 5:8
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1 Timothy 5:8
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8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has (A)denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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1 Timothy 5:8
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1 Timothy 5:8
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8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied(A) the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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