Thematic Bible: Labour
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Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.
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What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?
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Behold, is it not of LORD of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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Labour » Woman's » Manual labour
And all the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
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And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
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She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant.
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And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.
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Labour » Manual, done by women
And all the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
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And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
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She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant.
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And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather behind the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she tarried a little in the house.
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Labour » Woman's » As housekeepers
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.
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Go now to the flock, and fetch me two good kids of the goats from there. And I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loves.
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She also rises while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens.
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Labour » Troubles
And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set up a hedge, and dug a winevat, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey. And at the season he sent forth a bondman to the farmers, so that he might receive by the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard. And having seized him, they beat him, and sent him away empty. read more.
And again he sent another bondman to them. And that man, having stoned, they wounded in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. And again he sent another, and that man they killed, and many others, beating some, and killing some. Therefore, still having his one beloved son, he also sent him to them, last, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son. But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. And having taken him, they killed him, and cast him outside of the vineyard. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
And again he sent another bondman to them. And that man, having stoned, they wounded in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. And again he sent another, and that man they killed, and many others, beating some, and killing some. Therefore, still having his one beloved son, he also sent him to them, last, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son. But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. And having taken him, they killed him, and cast him outside of the vineyard. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
And when they received it, they murmured against the house-ruler, saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man who was a house-ruler, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey. And when the time of the fruits approached, he sent his bondmen to the farmers to receive his fruits. And the farmers having taken his bondmen, they beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Serving the church
Yes, I ask thee also, genuine yokefellow, help them--the women who labored with me in the good-news--with Clement also, and the rest of my co-workmen whose names are in the book of life.
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Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe who is a helper of the congregation at Cenchreae,
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Salute Mary who labored many things for us.
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Labour » Hard, as punishment
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes. And they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he did grinding in the prison-house.
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And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of LORD to this day in the place which he should choose.
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Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel. And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor. read more.
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor.
And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Motherly duties
Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Acting as judges
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
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The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Meeting an emergency and saving her household
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on don
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » In beautifying the tabernacle
And all the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Philanthropy
Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being translated, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charities that she did.
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Let us » Labour
Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.
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Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.
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What profit has man from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?
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Behold, is it not of LORD of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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