Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Diligence
Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.
Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds, because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next. When the grass disappears, and new growth appears, the mountain spices will be harvested, read more.
the lambs will supply your clothing, and your goats the price of a field. You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls.
the lambs will supply your clothing, and your goats the price of a field. You will have enough goat's milk to drink and to supply your household needs, as well as sustenance for your servant girls.
Diligence » Being diligent
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.
Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds, because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.
But we want each of you to continue to be diligent to the very end, in order to give full assurance to your hope. Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.
Endurance » What does not endure
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds, because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.
"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant. Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God the hope of the godless will be destroyed: read more.
his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web. He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.
his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web. He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.
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.
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field. Grass withers and flowers fade away when the LORD's breath blows on them; surely the people are like grass. Grass withers and flowers fade away, when the LORD's breath blows on them, but the word of our God will stand forever."
You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Riches » Described as » Temporary
because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.
earthly Riches » The perils of » Fleeting and uncertain
After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.
As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool."
Nothing to this world we bring; from it take we nothing.
Indeed, he will see wise people die; the stupid and the senseless will meet their doom and leave their wealth to others.
Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.
because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.
Wealth » Riches disappearing
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle.
Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds, because riches don't endure forever, and crowns don't last from one generation to the next.