Ecclesiastes 3:10
New Living Translation
10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
New Living Translation
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. 14 I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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Genesis 3:19
New Living Translation
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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:26
New Living Translation
26 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
New Living Translation
8 We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.
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1 Thessalonians 2:9
New Living Translation
9 Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.
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