Job 14:21
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21 His sons come to honor, and he (A)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
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5 For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten.
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Isaiah 63:16
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16 For (A)you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
(B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
Isaiah 39:7-8
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7 (A)And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, (B)“There will be peace and security in my days.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
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The Vanity of Toil
18 I hated (A)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must (B)leave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Psalm 39:6
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6 Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
1 Samuel 4:20
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20 And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, (A)“Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.
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