Psalms 104:23

American Standard Version (1901)

Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Judg 19:16 : 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: 9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. 11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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  • Ps 104:22
    78%

    22The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

  • Ps 104:24
    75%

    24O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

  • Eccl 1:5
    74%

    5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.

  • Eccl 2:20-24
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    74%

    20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.

    20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.

  • Eccl 1:3
    71%

    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

    10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

    11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

  • Ps 144:4
    70%

    4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

  • Eccl 5:15-18
    4 verses
    70%

    15As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

  • Eccl 6:7
    69%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    69%

    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes), [

    17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Ps 127:2
    69%

    2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

  • Eccl 3:20-22
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    69%

    20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

  • Job 37:8
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    8Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • Gen 3:19
    69%

    19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Job 7:1
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    1Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

  • Ps 103:15
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    15As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

  • Job 33:29
    69%

    29Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,

  • Eccl 11:6
    69%

    6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

  • Job 14:6
    68%

    6Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

  • Prov 20:24
    68%

    24A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

  • Ps 104:27
    68%

    27These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.

  • Job 15:23
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    23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • Eccl 3:13
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    13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

  • Ps 90:6
    68%

    6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

  • Eccl 2:11
    68%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Job 14:12
    68%

    12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

  • Job 34:15
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    15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.

  • Job 24:5
    68%

    5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.

  • Ps 128:2
    68%

    2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Exod 20:9
    68%

    9Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

  • John 9:4
    68%

    4We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

  • Job 14:2
    67%

    2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

  • Gen 3:23
    67%

    23therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.