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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Bible References

Thy hand

Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of the LORD.

And David said to Solomon, his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it; fear not, nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the LORD.

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God, gold for the things of gold, and silver for the things of silver, and brass for the things of brass, and iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, black stones and of different colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah and wrought that which was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered according to the prophecy of Haggai, the prophet, and Zechariah, the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel and according to the commandment of Cyrus and of Darius and of Artaxerxes, king of Persia.

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither did I tell any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

Then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brethren, the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Is this to be permitted them? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish on time? Will they resurrect the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which were burned?

And it grieved me sore; therefore, I cast forth all the household vessels of Tobiah out of the chamber.

My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers thereof.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, for ye shall seek me with all your heart.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work.

not slothful in earnest care, but fervent in the Spirit, serving the Lord,

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not wrought by me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, with word and with deed,

Know ye not that those who run in a race indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that ye may obtain it.

But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace towards me was not in vain, for I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he may stay with you securely, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men,

For this reason, I will not leave off reminding you always of these things, although ye know them and are established in the present truth.

For

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead do not know any thing; neither do they have any more reward, for their memory is placed into oblivion.

If the clouds are full of rain, they shall empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall remain.

For there is yet hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender branch will not cease.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

For the grave shall not confess thee, nor shall death praise thee; nor shall those that go down into the pit wait for thy truth.

It is expedient that I do the works of him that sent me while it is day; the night comes, when no one can work.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

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

And they set food before him to eat, but he said, I will not eat until I have told my errand. And he said unto him, Speak on.

And they gathered it early in the morning, each one according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread ye shall burn with fire.

Do not say unto thy neighbour, Go and come again and tomorrow I will give when thou hast it by thee.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.