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 done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.
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Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.
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Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.
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What is the profit to a man in all his labor 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 vexation of spirit.
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And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?
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Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?
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Labour » Woman's » Manual labour
And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands. And they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, scarlet, and bleached linen.
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And he will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
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She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
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She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers girdles to the merchants.
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And she said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. And she came, and has kept on from the morning until now, but that she stayed a little in the house.
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Labour » Manual, done by women
And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands. And they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, scarlet, and bleached linen.
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And he will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
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She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
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She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers girdles to the merchants.
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And she said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. And she came, and has kept on from the morning until now, but that she stayed a little in the house.
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Labour » Woman's » As housekeepers
And he will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.
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But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she came to Him and said, Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.
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Go now to the flock, and bring me from there two good kids of the goats. And I will make them delicious things for your father, such as he loves.
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She also rises while it is still night, and gives food to her household, and a share to her young women.
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Labour » Troubles
And He began to speak to them by parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and he let it out to vinedressers, and went away. And at the season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that he might receive from the vinedressers the fruit of the vineyard. And taking him, they beat him and sent him away empty. read more.
And again he sent to them another servant. And stoning that one, they struck him in the head, and sent him away, insulting him. And again he sent another. And they killed him, and many others, beating some and killing some. Therefore, still having one son, his own beloved, he also sent him to them last of all, saying, They will respect my son. But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard. Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.
And again he sent to them another servant. And stoning that one, they struck him in the head, and sent him away, insulting him. And again he sent another. And they killed him, and many others, beating some and killing some. Therefore, still having one son, his own beloved, he also sent him to them last of all, saying, They will respect my son. But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him and killed him and cast him out of the vineyard. Therefore what will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers and will give the vineyard to others.
And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house, saying, These last have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Hear another parable. There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went into a far country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive its fruits. And the vinedressers took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Serving the church
And I also beg you, true yoke-fellow, help those women who labored in the gospel with me and with Clement, and others of my fellow-laborers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
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I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,
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Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.
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Labour » Hard, as punishment
And the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass. And he ground in the prison house.
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And Joshua made them that day woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, even to this day, in the place which He should choose.
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And they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built treasure cities for Pharaoh, Pithon and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the sons of Israel. And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel serve with harshness. read more.
And they made their lives bitter with hard work in mortar and in bricks, and in all kinds of work in the field; all their work in which they made them do was with harshness.
And they made their lives bitter with hard work in mortar and in bricks, and in all kinds of work in the field; all their work in which they made them do was with harshness.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Motherly duties
And his mother made him a little coat, 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 he carried him and brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees until noon and died.
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Acting as judges
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, judged Israel at that time.
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The leaders ceased in Israel, they ceased until I, Deborah, arose; until 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
And Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and laid them on asses.
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » In beautifying the tabernacle
And every wise-hearted woman spun with her hands. And they brought spun yarn, blue, and purple, scarlet, and bleached linen.
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Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Philanthropy
And in Joppa was a certain disciple named Tabitha (which translated is called Dorcas). She was full of good works and kind deeds which she did.
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Let us » Labour
Therefore let us labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.
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Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.
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Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.
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Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.
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What is the profit to a man in all his labor 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 vexation of spirit.
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And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?
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Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?
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