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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 In my search for wisdom and in my observation of people’s burdens here on earth, I discovered that there is ceaseless activity, day and night.
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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Ecclesiastes 8:16
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16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom(A) and to observe the labor that is done on earth(B)—people getting no sleep day or night—
Ecclesiastes 2:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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23 Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:23
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23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(A) even at night their minds do not rest.(B) This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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13 I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B)
Psalm 127:2
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Psalm 127:2
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2 It is useless for you to work so hard
from early morning until late at night,
anxiously working for food to eat;
for God gives rest to his loved ones.
Psalm 127:2
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Psalm 127:2
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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The Wicked and the Righteous
9 I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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Ecclesiastes 8:9
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9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own[a] hurt.
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 Indeed, how can people avoid what they don’t know is going to happen?
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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?
Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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25 I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
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8 This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.
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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!
Genesis 31:40
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Genesis 31:40
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40 “I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.
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Genesis 31:40
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Genesis 31:40
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40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.(A)
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