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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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.
Proverbs 16:26
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26 It is good for workers to have an appetite;
an empty stomach drives them on.
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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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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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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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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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.”
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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