Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Care » Worldly 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!
Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.
Peace » Advantages of
Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.
Quietness » Encouraged
but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable [quality] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.
Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.
and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.
Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.
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!
Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.