Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » General references to
In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.
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I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.
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Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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This is my comfort in my affliction: That your word has revived me.
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Trouble and anguish have come upon me. Even so I am fond of your commandments.
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We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.
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Afflictions » Man is born to
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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Affliction does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
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natural Death » Regard, as at hand
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
You who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
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Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is vanity.
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He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.
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A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
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The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
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We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror!
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Employee » Character of unrighteous
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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Listen to another illustration. A master of a house made a vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to another country. When the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit. The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other. read more.
He sent other servants more in number than the first. They did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'Certainly they will respect my son.' When the workmen saw the son, they said, 'Let us put him to death and take his heritage, for someday he will own this property.' They took him out of the vineyard and killed him. When the lord of the vineyard returns, what will he do to the workmen? They all said: He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.
He sent other servants more in number than the first. They did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'Certainly they will respect my son.' When the workmen saw the son, they said, 'Let us put him to death and take his heritage, for someday he will own this property.' They took him out of the vineyard and killed him. When the lord of the vineyard returns, what will he do to the workmen? They all said: He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.
Is this not the struggle of all humanity? A person's life is long and hard like that of a hired hand. It is like a worker who longs for the day to end, like a servant waiting to be paid. I am allotted months of futility, long and weary nights of misery.
So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man.
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The kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day. Then he sent them into his vineyard. He went out the third hour and saw others in the marketplace doing nothing. read more.
He said to them: 'Go to the vineyard with the others. I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went to work. He went out the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same. The eleventh hour, he saw others doing nothing. He asked: 'Why are you here all the day doing nothing?' They said: 'No man has given us work.' He told them to go work with the rest in the vineyard. When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager: 'Let the workers come and pay them from the last to the first.' Those men who went to work at the eleventh hour were each given a penny. Those who worked longer, expected to be paid more. They were also given a penny. When they got it, they protested against the master of the house. They said: 'The last ones have done only one hour's work. You have made them equal to us. We have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.' He told them: 'I do you no wrong. You made an agreement with me for a penny. Take what is yours and leave. I wish to give to the last workers the same as to you. Is it lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Or is your eye jealous because I am generous?'
He said to them: 'Go to the vineyard with the others. I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went to work. He went out the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same. The eleventh hour, he saw others doing nothing. He asked: 'Why are you here all the day doing nothing?' They said: 'No man has given us work.' He told them to go work with the rest in the vineyard. When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager: 'Let the workers come and pay them from the last to the first.' Those men who went to work at the eleventh hour were each given a penny. Those who worked longer, expected to be paid more. They were also given a penny. When they got it, they protested against the master of the house. They said: 'The last ones have done only one hour's work. You have made them equal to us. We have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.' He told them: 'I do you no wrong. You made an agreement with me for a penny. Take what is yours and leave. I wish to give to the last workers the same as to you. Is it lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Or is your eye jealous because I am generous?'
The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf snatches them, and scatters them. He leaves because he is a hired man and does not care for the sheep.
natural Life » Described as » Short
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?
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natural Life » Described as » Full of trouble
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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Man » The days of man
Man's days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. The wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure. Do you look on such a person? Will you bring him before you for judgment? read more.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
Man » Man being born into trouble
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
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Man » Has but few days
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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Select readings » The brevity of life
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure. Do you look on such a person? Will you bring him before you for judgment? read more.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man. At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant. On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! Man's days are determined. You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man. At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant. On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you have acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.
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Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure. Do you look on such a person? Will you bring him before you for judgment? read more.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
([[Psalm of David] when the prophet Nathan came to him after David's adultery with Bathsheba:]) Have mercy on me, O God, in keeping with your loving-kindness. According to your unlimited compassion, wipe out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my perversity (iniquity) (guilt), and cleanse me from my sin. I admit my transgressions. My sin is always in front of me. read more.
I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil in your sight. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge. Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.
I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil in your sight. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge. Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.
([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth. The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.
You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins. You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience. We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.
Trials » General references to
In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.
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I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.
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Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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This is my comfort in my affliction: That your word has revived me.
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Trouble and anguish have come upon me. Even so I am fond of your commandments.
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We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.
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Trouble » Common to all men
You who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
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Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble.
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All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is vanity.
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He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.
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A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
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The ropes of death became tangled around me. The fear of the grave took hold of me. I experienced pain and agony.
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We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror!
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Trouble » Who is born into trouble
Man born of woman, lives a short life that is full of trouble. He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.
A person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.
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