Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » General references to
Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
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For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.
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The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
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"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.
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Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.
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We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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Afflictions » Man is born to
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,
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natural Death » Regard, as at hand
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!
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"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!
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Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself."
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but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
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The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
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We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.
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Employee » Character of unrighteous
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. read more.
Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!' So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."
Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!' So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages, thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.
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"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard. When it was about nine o'clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work. read more.
He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.' So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing. And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?' They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go and work in the vineyard too.' When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.' When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay. And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage. When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner, saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.' And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage? Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you. Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.' So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing. And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?' They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go and work in the vineyard too.' When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.' When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay. And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage. When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner, saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.' And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage? Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you. Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.
natural Life » Described as » Short
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
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natural Life » Described as » Full of trouble
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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Man » The days of man
A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment? read more.
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.
Man » Man being born into trouble
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
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Man » Has but few days
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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Select readings » The brevity of life
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment? read more.
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. "But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil, at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. But man dies and is powerless; he expires -- and where is he?
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. "But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil, at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. But man dies and is powerless; he expires -- and where is he?
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.
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"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment? read more.
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts! Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin! For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin. read more.
Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me. Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me. Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly? No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth. The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience, among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest
Trials » General references to
Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
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For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.
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The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
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"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.
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Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.
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We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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Trouble » Common to all men
Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!
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"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!
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Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself."
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but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
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The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
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We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.
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Trouble » Who is born into trouble
"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.
but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.
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