Genesis 11:4
4Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower awith its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”Genesis 11:7
7Come, blet us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”Psalms 64:5
5They chold fast to their evil purpose;they talk of dlaying snares secretly,
thinking, e“Who can see them?”
Proverbs 1:11
11If they say, “Come with us, flet us lie in wait for blood;glet us ambush the innocent without reason;
Ecclesiastes 2:1
The Vanity of Self-Indulgence
1I hsaid in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. ▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26 (see note on 1:2)
Isaiah 5:5
5 And now I will tell youwhat I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove jits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ▼
▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
lI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
Isaiah 41:6-7
6Everyone helps his neighborand says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 mThe craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails nso that it cannot be moved.
James 4:13
Boasting About Tomorrow
13Come now, you who say, o“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—James 5:1
Warning to the Rich
1Come now, pyou rich, weep and howl for the qmiseries that are coming upon you.
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