Job 5:7
New Living Translation
7 People are born for trouble
as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
Job 14:1
New Living Translation
14 “How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
Genesis 3:17-19
New Living Translation
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.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
New Living Translation
13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New Living Translation
15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.
16 And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind. 17 Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
New Living Translation
22 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?
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Psalm 90:8-9
New Living Translation
8 You spread out our sins before you—
our secret sins—and you see them all.
9 We live our lives beneath your wrath,
ending our years with a groan.
Ecclesiastes 1:8
New Living Translation
8 Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.
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