1 Kings 21:4-6
4And Ahab awent into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.5But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, “Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?” 6And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money, or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ And he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
Job 15:20
20The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,through all the byears that are laid up for cthe ruthless.
Job 18:4
4You who dtear yourself in your anger,shall the earth be forsaken for you,
or ethe rock be removed out of its place?
Ecclesiastes 1:2
2 fVanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a “mist,” “vapor,” or “mere breath,” and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes
of vanities, says hthe Preacher,ivanity of vanities! jAll is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
14I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is kvanity ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
and a striving after wind. ▼▼Or a feeding on wind; compare Hosea 12:1 (also in Ecclesiastes 1:17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 6:9)
Philippians 4:11-12
11Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be ncontent. 12I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and ohunger, abundance and pneed.
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