Ecclesiastes 9:10

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Summary

Whatsoever 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.

Thy hand

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Thy hand

But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it."

Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD."

Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble.

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia;

Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode.

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel.

And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?"

And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.

My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord.

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience--by word and deed,

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.

making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

"For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.

For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness.

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.

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So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Then food was set before him to eat. But he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I have to say." He said, "Speak on."

Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"--when you have it with you.

Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;