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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
yet their appetite is never satisfied.(A)
John 6:27
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John 6:27
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27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man[a] can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”
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- 6:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
John 6:27
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John 6:27
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27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(A) to eternal life,(B) which the Son of Man(C) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(D) of approval.”
Proverbs 16:26
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 It is good for workers to have an appetite;
an empty stomach drives them on.
Proverbs 16:26
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
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1 Timothy 6:6-8
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6 Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. 7 After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. 8 So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
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1 Timothy 6:6-8
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1 Timothy 6:6-8
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6 But godliness with contentment(A) is great gain.(B) 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.(C) 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.(D)
Luke 12:19
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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Luke 12:19
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
Matthew 6:25
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Matthew 6:25
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25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
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Matthew 6:25
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Matthew 6:25
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Do Not Worry(A)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry(B) about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Ecclesiastes 6:3
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
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3 A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn’t even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
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3 A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn(A) child is better off than he.(B)
Genesis 3:17-19
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 And to the man he said,
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
though you will eat of its grains.
19 By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3:17-19
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)
“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(J)
Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
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10 Whoever loves money never has enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.
This too is meaningless.
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