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.
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
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.
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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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
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.
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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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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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 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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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
Job 31:40
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40 Then let (A)thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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Deuteronomy 28:42
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42 Locusts shall [a]consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
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- Deuteronomy 28:42 possess
Deuteronomy 28:38-40
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38 (A)“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for (B)the locust shall [a]consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the (C)wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.
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- Deuteronomy 28:38 devour
Deuteronomy 28:18
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18 “Cursed shall be the [a]fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
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- Deuteronomy 28:18 offspring
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