Job 4:8, 5:27, 15:17, Psa 37:25, 107:42, Pro 6:6-19, Ecc 4:1-8, 7:15 | ESV | STEP | As I have seen , those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

6 ^gGo to ^hthe ant, O ⁱsluggard;
consider her ways, and ^jbe wise.
7 ^kWithout having any chief,
^lofficer, or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread ^min summer
and ⁿgathers her food in harvest.
9 ^oHow long will you lie there, ^pO sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 ^qA little sleep, a little slumber,
^ra little ^sfolding of the hands to rest,
11 ^tand poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
12 ^uA worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with ^vcrooked speech,
13 ^wwinks with his eyes, signals ^{▼▼Hebrew scrapes} with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with ^yperverted heart ^zdevises evil,
continually ^aasowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
^abin a moment he will be broken ^acbeyond healing.
16 There are ^adsix things that the Lord hates,
^aeseven that are an abomination to him:
17 ^afhaughty eyes, ^aga lying tongue,
and ^ahhands that shed innocent blood,
18 ^aia heart that devises wicked plans,
^ajfeet that make haste to run to evil,
19 ^aka false witness who ^albreathes out lies,
and one who ^amsows discord among brothers.

Ecclesiastes 4:1-8

Evil Under the Sun

1 ^anAgain I ^aosaw all ^apthe oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had ^aqno one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And I ^arthought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. 3 But ^asbetter than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is ^atvanity ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)} and a striving after wind.

5 The fool ^avfolds his hands and ^aweats his own flesh.

6 ^axBetter is a handful of ^ayquietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

7 ^azAgain, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his ^baeyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, ^bb“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy ^bcbusiness.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

15 In my ^bdvain ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)} life I have seen everything. There is ^bfa righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who ^bgprolongs his life in his evildoing.