Psalms 104:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour 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, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] Benjamites.
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 104:22
    78%

    22The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

  • Ps 104:24
    75%

    24O LORD, 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 his place where he arose.

  • Eccl 2:20-24
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    74%

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

    23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

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

  • Ps 104:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19¶ He 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 do creep [forth].

  • Eccl 1:3
    71%

    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

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

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

    11¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning 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
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    15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

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

    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

    18¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied mine 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 a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth 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 that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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

  • Prov 24:27
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    27¶ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

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

  • Eccl 9:10
    69%

    10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, 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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    1¶ [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?

  • Ps 103:15
    69%

    15[As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

  • Job 33:29
    69%

    29¶ Lo, all these [things] worketh God oftentimes with man,

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.

  • Job 14:6
    68%

    6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

  • Prov 20:24
    68%

    24¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • Ps 104:27
    68%

    27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.

  • Job 15:23
    68%

    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 the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

  • Ps 90:6
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    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 labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised 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
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    5Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.

  • Exod 20:9
    68%

    9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

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

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

  • Gen 3:23
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    23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.