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

And 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 ye 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 to 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 fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to he made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx-stones, and stones to be set, glittering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and performed that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

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

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

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

And he spoke before his brethren, and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

And it grieved me greatly: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff 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, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

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

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

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

Know ye not, that they who run in a race, all run, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

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

Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh 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 to men;

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

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For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falleth towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

For there is hope of 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 the grave who will give thee thanks?

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

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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

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

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And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and cleft the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose and went to the place which God had named to him.

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

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun became hot, it melted.

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

Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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