Isaiah 19:15
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15 Neither head nor tail, palm branch or reed,
will be able to do anything for Egypt.
Isaiah 9:14-15
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14 So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—(A)
15 elders and dignitaries are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail,(B)
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,(A) 12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.(B)
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Haggai 1:11
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11 And I have called for a drought[a] on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on humans and animals, and on all their labors.”(A)
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- 1.11 Or ruin
Habakkuk 3:17
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Trust and Joy in the Midst of Trouble
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,(A)
Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Psalm 128:2
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2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(A)
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