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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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Ecclesiastes 5:11
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11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them?
1 John 2:16
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1 John 2:16
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16 For all that is in the world—(A)the desires of the flesh and (B)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.
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- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
1 John 2:16
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1 John 2:16
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16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(A) the lust of the eyes,(B) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
Habakkuk 2:13
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Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that (A)peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
Habakkuk 2:13
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Habakkuk 2:13
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Proverbs 23:5
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Proverbs 23:5
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5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
(A)for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5
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Proverbs 23:5
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Psalm 119:36-37
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Psalm 119:36-37
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36 (A)Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to (B)selfish gain!
37 (C)Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
and (D)give me life in your ways.
Psalm 119:36-37
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Psalm 119:36-37
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- Psalm 119:37 Two manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Dead Sea Scrolls; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text life in your way
Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Better (A)is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is (B)vanity and a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 (A)Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. (B)Walk in the ways of your heart and (C)the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things (D)God will bring you into judgment.
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.(A)
Nehemiah 5:17-18
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Nehemiah 5:17-18
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17 Moreover, there were (A)at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. 18 (B)Now what was prepared at my expense[a] for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this (C)I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people.
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- Nehemiah 5:18 Or prepared for me
Nehemiah 5:17-18
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Nehemiah 5:17-18
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17 Furthermore, a hundred and fifty Jews and officials ate at my table, as well as those who came to us from the surrounding nations. 18 Each day one ox, six choice sheep and some poultry(A) were prepared for me, and every ten days an abundant supply of wine of all kinds. In spite of all this, I never demanded the food allotted to the governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.
1 Kings 5:13-16
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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13 King Solomon drafted (A)forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. (B)Adoniram was in charge of the draft. 15 Solomon also (C)had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country, 16 besides Solomon's 3,300 (D)chief officers who were over the work, (E)who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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13 King Solomon conscripted laborers(A) from all Israel—thirty thousand men. 14 He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram(B) was in charge of the forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, 16 as well as thirty-three hundred[a] foremen(C) who supervised the project and directed the workers.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Chron. 2:2,18) thirty-six hundred
Joshua 7:21-25
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Joshua 7:21-25
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21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,[a] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23 And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the (A)Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why did you (B)bring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel (C)stoned him with stones. (D)They burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.
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- Joshua 7:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Joshua 7:21-25
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Joshua 7:21-25
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21 When I saw in the plunder(A) a beautiful robe from Babylonia,[a] two hundred shekels[b] of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,[c] I coveted(B) them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. 23 They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.
24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons(C) and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.(D) 25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble(E) on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”
Then all Israel stoned him,(F) and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.(G)
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- Joshua 7:21 Hebrew Shinar
- Joshua 7:21 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Joshua 7:21 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
Genesis 13:5-7
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Genesis 13:5-7
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5 And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, 6 so that (A)the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together, 7 (B)and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time (C)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.
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Genesis 13:5-7
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Genesis 13:5-7
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5 Now Lot,(A) who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.(B) 7 And quarreling(C) arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites(D) and Perizzites(E) were also living in the land(F) at that time.
Genesis 13:2
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Genesis 13:2
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2 (A)Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
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Genesis 13:2
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Genesis 13:2
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Genesis 12:16
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Genesis 12:16
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16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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Genesis 12:16
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Genesis 12:16
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16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.(A)
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