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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days(A) they pass through like a shadow?(B) Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
James 4:14
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James 4:14
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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
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James 4:14
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James 4:14
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14 Why, 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.(A)
Job 14:2
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Job 14:2
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2 (A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Job 14:2
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Job 14:2
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Lamentations 3:24-27
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Lamentations 3:24-27
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25 The Lord is good to those who (C)wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should (D)hope (E)and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 (F)It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
Lamentations 3:24-27
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Lamentations 3:24-27
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24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(A)
therefore I will wait for him.”
Ecclesiastes 3:22
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 (A)So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for (B)that is his [a]heritage. (C)For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:22 portion or lot
Ecclesiastes 3:22
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,(A) because that is their lot.(B) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?
Ecclesiastes 8:13
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Ecclesiastes 8:13
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13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:13
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Ecclesiastes 8:13
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13 Yet because the wicked do not fear God,(A) it will not go well with them, and their days(B) will not lengthen like a shadow.
Ecclesiastes 8:7
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 (A)For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?
Ecclesiastes 8:7
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?
Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 144:4
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Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but (A)vapor. Selah
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they [a]busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
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- Psalm 39:6 make an uproar for nothing
Psalm 39:5-6
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Psalm 39:5-6
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- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Micah 6:8
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
(A)Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
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6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished;
Nevermore will they have a share
In anything done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
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6 Their love, their hate
and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 (A)I searched in my heart how [a]to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was (B)good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I tried cheering myself with wine,(A) and embracing folly(B)—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
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