Genesis 3:17
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17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(A)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(B)cursed is the ground because of you;
(C)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Genesis 5:29
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29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground (A)that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief[a] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
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- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest
Romans 8:20-22
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20 For the creation (A)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but (B)because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that (C)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that (D)the whole creation (E)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
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Isaiah 24:5-6
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5 The earth lies (A)defiled
under its inhabitants;
for (B)they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore (C)a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants (D)suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
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22 What has a man from (A)all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23 For (B)all his days are full of sorrow, and his (C)work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.
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Psalm 127:2
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2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (A)toil;
for he gives to his (B)beloved (C)sleep.
Jeremiah 7:23-24
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23 But this command I gave them: (A)‘Obey my voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you shall be my people. (C)And walk in all the way that I command you, (D)that it may be well with you.’ 24 (E)But they did not obey or incline their ear, (F)but walked in their own counsels and (G)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and (H)went backward and not forward.
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Job 14:1
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Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
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Romans 3:19
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19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, (B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and (C)the whole world may be held accountable to God.
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Matthew 25:26-27
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26 But his master answered him, ‘You (A)wicked and (B)slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.
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Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 Moreover, all his days he (A)eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for (A)all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Job 21:17
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17 “How often is it that (A)the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God[a] distributes pains in his anger?
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- Job 21:17 Hebrew he
Job 5:6-7
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6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but man is (A)born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
Genesis 2:16-17
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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (A)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[a] of it you (B)shall surely die.”
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- Genesis 2:17 Or when you eat
Luke 19:22
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22 He said to him, (A)‘I will condemn you with your own words, (B)you wicked servant! You knew that I was (C)a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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Matthew 25:45
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45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, (A)you did not do it to me.’
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was (A)vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing (B)to be gained under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
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13 And I (A)applied my heart[a] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy (B)business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is (C)vanity[b] and a striving after wind.[c]
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- Ecclesiastes 1:13 The Hebrew term denotes the center of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)
Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
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2 (A)Vanity[a] of vanities, says (B)the Preacher,
(C)vanity of vanities! (D)All is vanity.
3 (E)What (F)does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes
1 Samuel 15:23-24
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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and (A)idolatry.
Because (B)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
(C)he has also rejected you from being king.”
24 Saul said to Samuel, (D)“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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Genesis 3:11
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11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
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Genesis 3:6
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6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[a] she took of its fruit (A)and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, (B)and he ate.
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- Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight
Matthew 22:12
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12 And he said to him, (A)‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.
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