Gen 41:51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
Num 23:21 He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
Deu 26:7 Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
Judg 10:16 So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
Job 3:10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
nor hide trouble from my eyes.
Job 4:8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
and sow trouble reap the same.
Job 5:6 For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
Job 5:7 but man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.
as the sparks fly upward.
Job 7:3 so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
Job 11:16 You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their womb prepares deceit.”
and their womb prepares deceit.”
Job 16:2 “I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.
miserable comforters are you all.
Psa 7:14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil
and is pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
and is pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.
Psa 7:16 His mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.
and on his own skull his violence descends.
Psa 10:7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Psa 10:14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psa 25:18 Consider my affliction and my trouble,
and forgive all my sins.
and forgive all my sins.
Psa 55:10 Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
Psa 73:5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
Psa 73:16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Psa 90:10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Psa 94:20 Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by statute?
those who frame injustice by statute?
Psa 105:44 And he gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples’ toil,
Psa 107:12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.
they fell down, with none to help.
Psa 140:9 As for the head of those who surround me,
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
Pro 24:2 for their hearts devise violence,
and their lips talk of trouble.
and their lips talk of trouble.
Pro 31:7 let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
and remember their misery no more.
Ecc 1:3 What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
at which he toils under the sun?
Ecc 2:10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Ecc 2:11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecc 2:18 I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,
Ecc 2:19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ecc 2:20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
Ecc 2:21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecc 2:22 What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?
Ecc 2:24 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,
Ecc 3:13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man.
Ecc 4:4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecc 4:6 Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.
Ecc 4:8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
Ecc 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Ecc 5:15 As he came from his mother’s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
Ecc 5:18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
Ecc 5:19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.
Ecc 6:7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
Ecc 8:15 And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
Ecc 9:9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
Ecc 10:15 The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know the way to the city.
for he does not know the way to the city.
Isa 10:1 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who keep writing oppression,
and the writers who keep writing oppression,
Isa 53:11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
Isa 59:4 No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Jer 20:18 Why did I come out from the womb
to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?
to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?
Hab 1:3 Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
Hab 1:13 You who are of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
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