Genesis 3:17
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17 And to the man[a] he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
about which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;(A)
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- 3.17 Or to Adam
Romans 8:20-22
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20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor,
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Genesis 5:29
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29 he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”(A)
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Isaiah 24:5-6
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5 The earth lies polluted
under its inhabitants,
for they have transgressed laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.(A)
6 Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth dwindled,
and few people are left.(B)
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
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22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?(A) 23 For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity.(B)
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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 toil,
for he gives sleep to his beloved.[a](A)
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- 127.2 Or for he provides for his beloved during sleep
Job 14:1
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14 “A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,(A)
John 16:33
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33 I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”(A)
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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 all is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)
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Job 5:6-7
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6 For misery does not come from the earth,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
7 but humans are born to trouble
just as sparks[a] fly upward.(A)
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- 5.7 Or birds; Heb sons of Resheph
Romans 3:19
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19 Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.(A)
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Luke 19:22
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22 He said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?(A)
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Matthew 25:45
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45 Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’(A)
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Matthew 25:26-27
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26 But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest.(A)
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Jeremiah 7:23-24
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23 But this command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.”(A) 24 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but, in the stubbornness of their evil will, they walked in their own counsels and looked backward rather than forward.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 Besides, all their days they eat in darkness, in much anger and sickness and resentment.(A)
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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 spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
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13 I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.(A) 14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
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2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.(A)
3 What do people gain from all the toil
at which they toil under the sun?(B)
Job 21:17
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17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does calamity come upon them?
How often does God[a] distribute pains in his anger?(A)
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- 21.17 Heb he
1 Samuel 15:23-24
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23 For rebellion is no less a sin than divination,
and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.”(A)
24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.(B)
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Genesis 3:11
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11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from 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, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.(A)
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Genesis 2:16-17
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16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”(A)
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Matthew 22:12
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12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’ And he was speechless.(A)
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