Leviticus 26:20
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20 And your (A)strength shall be spent in vain;
for your (B)land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
Leviticus 26:20
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20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(A) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(B)
Isaiah 49:4
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4 (A)Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my [a]just reward is with the Lord,
And my [b]work with my God.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:4 justice
- Isaiah 49:4 recompense
Isaiah 49:4
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Psalm 127:1
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Laboring and Prospering with the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless (A)the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
Psalm 127:1
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Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Deuteronomy 11:17
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17 lest (A)the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He (B)shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and (C)you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 11:17
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17 Then the Lord’s anger(A) will burn against you, and he will shut up(B) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(C) and you will soon perish(D) from the good land the Lord is giving you.
Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts
That the peoples labor [a]to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:13 Lit. for what satisfies fire, for what is of no lasting value
Habakkuk 2:13
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Leviticus 26:4
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4 (A)then I will give you rain in its season, (B)the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Leviticus 26:4
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4 I will send you rain(A) in its season,(B) and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.(C)
Galatians 4:11
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11 I am afraid for you, (A)lest I have labored for you in vain.
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Galatians 4:11
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11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.(A)
1 Corinthians 3:6
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6 (A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the increase.
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1 Corinthians 3:6
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6 I planted the seed,(A) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
Haggai 2:16
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16 since those days, (A)when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty.
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Haggai 2:16
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16 When anyone came to a heap(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(C)
Haggai 1:9-11
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9 (A)“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore (C)the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. 11 For I (D)called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on (E)all the labor of your hands.”
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Haggai 1:9-11
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9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(A) What you brought home, I blew(B) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(C) while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld(D) their dew(E) and the earth its crops.(F) 11 I called for a drought(G) on the fields and the mountains,(H) on the grain, the new wine,(I) the olive oil(J) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.(K)”
Isaiah 17:11
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11 In the day you will make your plant to grow,
And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish;
But the harvest will be a heap of ruins
In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.
Psalm 107:34
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Footnotes
- Psalm 107:34 Lit. a salty waste
Psalm 107:34
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34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,(A)
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
Job 31:40
New King James Version
40 Then let (A)thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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Job 31:40
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The words of Job are ended.(C)
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