Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 5:19
Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”
Ecclesiastes 2:21
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:1
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
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Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:25
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 5:20
For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
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John 9:4
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
Romans 12:11
not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,
Luke 12:35
“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
1 Peter 1:17
If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,
2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’ ”
Matthew 24:44
Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
John 4:34
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.
Isaiah 38:1
In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’ ”
Mark 13:35
Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
Revelation 14:13
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”
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Psalms 6:5
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
Isaiah 38:18
For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
Psalms 30:9
“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
Psalms 88:10
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
Psalms 88:11
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
Psalms 88:12
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 115:17
The dead don’t praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence,
Psalms 115:18
but we will bless Yah, from this time forward and forever more. Praise Yah!
Isaiah 14:9
Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
Job 30:23
For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Psalms 49:14
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
Ecclesiastes 12:5
yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;
Hebrews 9:27
Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”
2 Samuel 14:14
For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.
Psalms 16:10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
Psalms 89:48
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 3:20
All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Psalms 119:60
I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
Genesis 22:3
Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
Galatians 1:16
to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
Genesis 21:14
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Acts 10:33
Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”
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Proverbs 27:1
Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
James 4:13
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”
James 4:14
Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
James 4:15
For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
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2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Hebrews 3:7
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,
Hebrews 3:8
don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
Psalms 95:7
for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
Psalms 95:8
Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
Hebrews 3:13
but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:15
while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”
Hebrews 4:7
he again defines a certain day, “today”, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
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Joshua 3:1
Joshua got up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They camped there before they crossed over.
Joshua 7:16
So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes. The tribe of Judah was selected.
Joshua 6:12
Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up Yahweh’s ark.
Judges 7:1
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. Midian’s camp was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
Ephesians 5:16
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
John 12:35
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
Nehemiah 3:20
After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah 6:3
I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”
Proverbs 6:4
Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Luke 16:16
“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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1 Corinthians 7:29
But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians 7:30
and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;
1 Corinthians 7:31
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
Psalms 39:4
“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Psalms 39:5
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
Psalms 39:6
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
Psalms 39:7
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Romans 13:11
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Revelation 22:20
He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!
Psalms 90:12
So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
1 Kings 11:28
The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
Proverbs 6:11
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
Matthew 20:6
About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Matthew 25:21
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
John 6:27
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.
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2 Peter 1:13
I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
2 Peter 1:14
knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
Galatians 4:18
But it is always good to be zealous in a good cause, and not only when I am present with you.
1 Corinthians 14:12
So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
2 Kings 10:16
He said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh.” So they made him ride in his chariot.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
2 Chronicles 31:21
In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.
Colossians 3:23
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”
1 Chronicles 29:2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
Job 14:10
But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
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Leviticus 12:8
If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’ ”
Judges 9:33
It shall be that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush on the city. Behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.”
1 Samuel 10:7
Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
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Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
Ecclesiastes 1:17
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
Romans 11:33
Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
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Psalms 132:3
“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;
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Psalms 132:4
I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
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Proverbs 3:27
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
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Proverbs 3:28
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
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Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
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Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
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Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
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John 4:37
For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
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John 4:38
I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
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