14 (A)In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, (B)so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

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22 So I saw that there is (A)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for (B)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see (C)what will be after him?

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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind

a time to (A)weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to (B)dance;

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47 (A)Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things,

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The Prayer of Faith

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him (A)sing praise.

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12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God (A)and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 He prayed to him, and (B)God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. (C)Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.

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And he humbled you and (A)let you hunger and (B)fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that (C)man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word[a] that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:3 Hebrew by all

22 (A)So also you have sorrow now, but (B)I will see you again, and (C)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 (D)In that day you will (E)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, (F)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, (G)he will give it to you.

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13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”

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Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)Consider your ways. (B)You have sown much, and harvested little. (C)You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who (D)earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: (E)Consider your ways.

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Destruction of the Wicked

The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
    and it is sound wisdom to fear (A)your name:
“Hear of (B)the rod and of him who appointed it![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Therefore (A)I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
    and (B)I will build a wall against her,
    so that she cannot find her paths.
She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
(C)Then she shall say,
    ‘I will go and return to (D)my first husband,
    (E)for it was better for me then than now.’

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  1. Hosea 2:6 Hebrew your

20 (A)The anger of the Lord will not turn back
    until he has executed and (B)accomplished
    the intents of his heart.
(C)In the latter days you will understand it clearly.

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25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
    and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, (A)but he did not understand;
    it burned him up, (B)but he did not take it to heart.

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11 O Lord, (A)your hand is lifted up,
    but (B)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
    Let (C)the fire for your adversaries consume them.

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12 In that day (A)the Lord God of hosts
    called for weeping and mourning,
    for (B)baldness and (C)wearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
(D)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”
14 The Lord of hosts (E)has revealed himself in my ears:
“Surely (F)this iniquity will not be atoned for you (G)until you die,”
    says the Lord God of hosts.

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(A)Vanity[a] of vanities, says (B)the Preacher; all is vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:8 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (three times in this verse); see note on 1:2

71 It is (A)good for me that I was afflicted,
    that I might learn your statutes.

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12 (A)Blessed is the man whom you (B)discipline, O Lord,
    and whom you teach out of your law,
13 to give him (C)rest from (D)days of trouble,
    until (E)a pit is dug for the wicked.

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He put (A)a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will (B)see and fear,
    and put their trust in the Lord.

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11 You have turned for me my mourning into (A)dancing;
    you have loosed my sackcloth
    and clothed me with gladness,
12 that my (B)glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

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Job Continues: A Plea to God

10 “I (A)loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my (B)complaint;
    I will speak in (C)the bitterness of my soul.
I will say to God, Do not (D)condemn me;
    let me know why you (E)contend against me.

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Elijah Raises the Widow's Son

17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, (A)“What have you against me, O (B)man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”

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