Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Remove false paths from me; and graciously give me your instruction.

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."

"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the man in charge of the banquet." So they did.

"Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like yours. We are telling you the good news so you'll turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Feed

Then he made this solemn vow: "If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I'm taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,

Then Israel blessed Joseph by saying: "May the God in whose presence my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has continued shepherding me my whole life even until today,

When the Israelis saw it, they asked one another, "What is it?", because they did not know what it was.

Give us today our daily bread,

Keep giving us every day our daily bread,

Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.

Convenient for me

and a regular stipend was provided to him by the king in accordance with his needs for as long as he lived.

So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

As for his living expenses, a regular allowance was given him daily by the king of Babylon as long as he lived, until the day of his death.

General references

Give us today our daily bread,

With food to eat and clothes to wear; content we are in everything.