Thematic Bible: Care, folly of
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Dilemma
And the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, because my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
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So Jesus said to them, "Yet a little time the light is with you! Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness does not overtake you! And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
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Pilate said to them, "What then should I do [with] Jesus, the one who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"
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And you shall be groping at noon just as the blind person gropes in the dark, and you shall not succeed [in finding] your way, and you shall only be abused and robbed {all the time}, and there will not be {anyone who will rescue you}.
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They reeled and staggered like a drunkard, and {they were at their wits' end}.
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And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'
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Worldly » Care, folly of » The sinners' portion
For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!
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Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Profitless
Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].
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I applied my mind to seek and to search by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. It [is] a grievous task God has given to {humans}.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Chokes the "word"
And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.
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And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Drives away sleep
I applied my mind to know wisdom and to understand the business that is done on earth--how neither day nor night one's eyes see sleep.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Indicates a distrust of providence
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?,' for the pagans seek after all these [things]. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these [things].
Worldly » Care, folly of » Mars the peace of home
But Martha was distracted with much preparation, so she approached [and] said, "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me alone to make preparations? Then tell her that she should help me!"
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