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Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
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And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
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then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.
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It has frustrated all efforts; its heavy deposit has not been removed, not even by fire.
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I have given him Egypt as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign Lord.
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When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
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“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
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It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
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Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
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Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
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in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.
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Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians
But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought), out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.
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Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
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Warning and Encouragement
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
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For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
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Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
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And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
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So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.
