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- Ecclesiastes 4:4
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I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:8
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There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:16
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There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:10
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He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
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Source alternate reference: 5.9
- Ecclesiastes 6:2
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God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:5
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The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
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- Ecclesiastes 6:9
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Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:6
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For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:10
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Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:14
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In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:18
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It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:27
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“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:29
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Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
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- Ecclesiastes 8:9
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All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:10
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Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:14
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There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:1
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So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:3
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This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:6
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Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13
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When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
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- Song of Solomon 2:8
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Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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- Song of Solomon 2:9
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My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
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- Song of Solomon 5:16
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His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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- Isaiah 6:3
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And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
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- Isaiah 6:7
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And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”
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- Isaiah 6:9
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And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
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- Isaiah 6:10
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Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
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- Isaiah 8:6
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“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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- Isaiah 8:11
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For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:
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- Isaiah 8:12
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“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
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- Isaiah 8:20
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To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
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- Isaiah 9:16
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For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
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Source alternate reference: 9.15
- Isaiah 14:4
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you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
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- Isaiah 14:16
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Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
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- Isaiah 14:28
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In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
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- Isaiah 16:13
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This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab.
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- Isaiah 17:14
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In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
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- Isaiah 20:6
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And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
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- Isaiah 21:9
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Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
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- Isaiah 22:14
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The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.
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- Isaiah 22:15
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This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
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- Isaiah 23:13
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Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
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- Isaiah 24:3
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The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
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- Isaiah 25:6
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On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
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- Isaiah 25:7
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On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
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- Isaiah 25:9
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And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
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- Isaiah 25:10
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For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
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- Isaiah 26:1
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In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
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- Isaiah 27:9
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Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
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- Isaiah 28:11
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Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
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