Isaiah 49:4

"I said: "I've labored for nothing. I've exhausted my strength on futility and on emptiness.' Yet surely my recompense is with the LORD, and my reward is with my God.

Isaiah 53:10-12

"Yet the LORD was willing to crush him, and he made him suffer. Although you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring, and he will prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will triumph in his hand.

Isaiah 65:23

They won't toil in vain nor bear children doomed to misfortune, for they will be offspring blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land won't yield its produce and the trees of the land won't yield their fruit.

Psalm 22:22-31

I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation, I will praise you, saying,

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those with anxious hearts, "Be strong, do not be afraid! Here is your God he will bring vengeance, he will bring divine retribution, and he will save you.'

Isaiah 40:10

Look! The Lord GOD comes with strength, and his arm rules for him. Look! His reward is with him, and his payment accompanies him.

Isaiah 62:11

Here is the LORD! Proclaim to the ends of the earth, say to the inhabitants of Zion: "See, your salvation is coming! See, his reward is with him, and his recompenses are before him.'

Isaiah 65:2

I held out my hands all day long to a disobedient people, who walk in a way that isn't good, following their own inclinations

Ezekiel 3:19

If you warn the wicked person, and he doesn't repent of his wickedness or of his wicked behavior, he'll die in his sin, but you will have saved your own life.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

Matthew 23:37

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Luke 24:26

The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

John 1:11

He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him.

John 17:4-5

I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.

Romans 10:21

But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."

2 Corinthians 2:15

To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!

Philippians 2:9-10

Now lifted up by God to heaven, a name above all others given, this matchless name possessing.

Hebrews 12:2

fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Summary

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

General references

Bible References

I have laboured

Isaiah 65:2
I held out my hands all day long to a disobedient people, who walk in a way that isn't good, following their own inclinations
Ezekiel 3:19
If you warn the wicked person, and he doesn't repent of his wickedness or of his wicked behavior, he'll die in his sin, but you will have saved your own life.
Matthew 17:17
Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
John 1:11
He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him.
Romans 10:21
But about Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people."
Galatians 4:11
I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!

Spent

Leviticus 26:20
Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land won't yield its produce and the trees of the land won't yield their fruit.
2 Corinthians 12:15
I will be very glad to spend my money and myself for you. Do you love me less because I love you so much?

Yet

Isaiah 53:10
"Yet the LORD was willing to crush him, and he made him suffer. Although you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring, and he will prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will triumph in his hand.
Psalm 22:22
I will declare your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation, I will praise you, saying,
Luke 24:26
The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"
John 17:4
I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.
2 Corinthians 2:15
To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.
Philippians 2:9
Now lifted up by God to heaven, a name above all others given, this matchless name possessing.
Hebrews 12:2
fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Work

Isaiah 40:10
Look! The Lord GOD comes with strength, and his arm rules for him. Look! His reward is with him, and his payment accompanies him.
Isaiah 62:11
Here is the LORD! Proclaim to the ends of the earth, say to the inhabitants of Zion: "See, your salvation is coming! See, his reward is with him, and his recompenses are before him.'

General references

Proverbs 8:1
Isn't wisdom calling out; isn't understanding raising her voice?
1 Corinthians 15:14
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

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