aver. 14; Ps. 144:4; See Job 7:16; Ps. 39:5
bch. 2:11, 22; 3:9; 5:16
cver. 17; [1 Kgs. 4:33]
ech. 2:23, 26; 3:10; [Gen. 3:19]
fActs 20:35; Gal. 6:10
g1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:8, 11, 12
h[Prov. 21:26]
i2 Thess. 3:8; [Phil. 4:16]
jSee Acts 18:3
k[Gen. 3:19]; See 1 Thess. 4:11

Ecclesiastes 1:3

3 aWhat bdoes man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:13

13And I capplied my heart ▼
▼The Hebrew term denotes the center of one’s inner life, including mind, will, and emotions
 to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy ebusiness that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Ephesians 4:28

28Let the thief no longer steal, but rather flet him labor, gdoing honest work with his own hands, so hthat he may have something to share with anyone in need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

9For you remember, brothers, iour labor and toil: we jworked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

10For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: kIf anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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