Psalms 104:23

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Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.

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  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • Judg 19:16 : 16 In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead, he must labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you. 9 It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is unwilling to work, they should not eat. 11 We hear that some among you are living idle lives, refusing to work and instead becoming busybodies. 12 To such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and earn their own living.

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  • 22 The sun rises, and they withdraw and lie down in their dens.

  • 24 How many are Your works, LORD! In wisdom You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

  • 5 The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Eccl 2:20-24
    5 verses
    74%

    20 So I turned my heart to despair over all the hard work with which I had labored under the sun.

    21 For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

    22 What does a person gain from all their labor and from the striving of their heart under the sun?

    23 All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

    24 There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.

    20 You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals of the forest come out.

  • 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9 What does the worker gain from all their toil?

    10 I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

    11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

  • 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

  • Eccl 5:15-18
    4 verses
    70%

    15 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain from all his labor for the wind?

    16 Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

    17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

    18 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

  • 7 All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

    17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • 4 And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • 2 It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Eccl 3:20-22
    3 verses
    69%

    20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

    21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down to the earth?

    22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • 27 Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

  • 8 The beasts retreat to their dens and dwell in their shelters.

  • 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  • 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.

  • 1 Isn't human life on earth like hard labor and their days like those of a hired worker?

  • 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field.

  • 29 Indeed, God does all these things twice, even three times, with a man,

  • 6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

  • 6 So look away from them and let them rest, till they have enjoyed their time like a hired worker.

  • 24 A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • 27 All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time.

  • 23 He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • 13 And also that every person should eat, drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

  • 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.

  • 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

  • 12 so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

  • 15 all flesh would perish together, and mankind would return to dust.

  • 5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out for their work diligently seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their children.

  • 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

  • 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

  • 4 'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.'

  • 2 He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

  • 23 So the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.