Job 39:16, Psa 73:13, 127:1, Isa 49:4, 65:23, Hab 2:13, 1Th 3:5 | ESV | STEP | She deals cruelly with her young , as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain , yet she has no fear ,

Job 39:16

16 She ^adeals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her ^blabor be in vain, yet she has no fear,

Psalms 73:13

13 All in vain have I ^ckept my heart clean
and ^dwashed my hands in innocence.

Psalms 127:1

Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of ^eAscents. Of Solomon.

1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord ^fwatches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.

Isaiah 49:4

4 ^gBut I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
and my recompense with my God.”

Isaiah 65:23

23 ^hThey shall not labor in vain
ⁱor bear children for calamity, ^{▼▼Or for sudden terror}
for ^kthey shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.

Habakkuk 2:13

13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that ^lpeoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?

1 Thessalonians 3:5

5 For this reason, ^mwhen I could bear it no longer, ⁿI sent to learn about your faith, ^ofor fear that somehow ^pthe tempter had tempted you and ^qour labor would be in vain.