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Afflictions » General references to
In all their distress he wasn't distressed, but the angel of his presence saved them; in his acts of love and in his acts of pity he redeemed them; he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.
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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us.
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The LORD said, "I have certainly seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their slave masters. I really do understand their pain,
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Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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This is what comforts me in my troubles: that what you say revives me.
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Though trouble and anguish overwhelm me, your commands remain my delight.
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In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,
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Afflictions » Man is born to
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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For wickedness doesn't crop up from dust, nor does trouble sprout out of the ground;
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natural Death » Regard, as at hand
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
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Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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Indeed, all of his days are filled with sorrow, and his struggles bring grief. In fact, his mind remains restless throughout the night. This is pointless, too!
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He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself."
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But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."
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The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
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We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.
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Employee » Character of unrighteous
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad. When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce. But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones. read more.
Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, "They will respect my son.' But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!' So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?" They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."
Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, "They will respect my son.' But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!' So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?" They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."
"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not? I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages. Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me.
Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."
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"The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing in the marketplace without work. read more.
He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o'clock and did the same thing. About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?' They told him, "Because no one has hired us.' He told them, "You go into the vineyard as well.' "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' Those who were hired at five o'clock came, and each received a denarius. "When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well. When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner, "These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!' "But he told one of them, "Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you? Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you. I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'
He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So off they went. He went out again about noon and about three o'clock and did the same thing. About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?' They told him, "Because no one has hired us.' He told them, "You go into the vineyard as well.' "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' Those who were hired at five o'clock came, and each received a denarius. "When the first came, they thought they would receive more, but each received a denarius as well. When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner, "These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!' "But he told one of them, "Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. You did agree with me for a denarius, didn't you? Take what is yours and go. I want to give this last man as much as I gave you. I am allowed to do what I want with my own money, am I not? Or are you envious because I'm generous?'
The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them, because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him.
natural Life » Described as » Short
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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Remember how short my lifetime is! How powerless have you created all human beings!
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natural Life » Described as » Full of trouble
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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Man » The days of man
A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers, but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was.
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last. Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this to bring me into a legal fight with you? read more.
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one! Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one! Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.
Man » Man being born into trouble
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."
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Man » Has but few days
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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Select readings » The brevity of life
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last. Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this to bring me into a legal fight with you? read more.
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one! Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it. Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker." "There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing. Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground, the presence of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant. "But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one! Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it. Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker." "There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing. Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground, the presence of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant. "But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be?
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
And neither had you heard, nor did you understand, nor did you open your ear long ago. Indeed, I knew that you would act very deceitfully, and they would call you a rebel from birth.
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Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last. Indeed, have you opened your eyes on one like this to bring me into a legal fight with you? read more.
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!
Have mercy, God, according to your gracious love, according to your unlimited compassion, erase my transgressions. Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me. read more.
Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment. Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment. Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.
How is it that by remaining silent you can speak righteously? How can you judge people fairly? As a matter of fact, in your heart you plan iniquities! In the land your hands are violent! The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.
You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient. Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we were destined for wrath, just like everyone else.
Trials » General references to
In all their distress he wasn't distressed, but the angel of his presence saved them; in his acts of love and in his acts of pity he redeemed them; he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.
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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us.
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The LORD said, "I have certainly seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their slave masters. I really do understand their pain,
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Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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This is what comforts me in my troubles: that what you say revives me.
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Though trouble and anguish overwhelm me, your commands remain my delight.
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In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,
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Trouble » Common to all men
God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
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Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.
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Indeed, all of his days are filled with sorrow, and his struggles bring grief. In fact, his mind remains restless throughout the night. This is pointless, too!
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He feels only his own pain, and grieves only for himself."
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But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."
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The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
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We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.
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Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.
But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."
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