36 occurrences

'One' in the Bible

Can one say about anything,“Look, this is new”?It has already existed in the ages before us.

Verse ConceptsInventionsNothing New

The wise man has eyes in his head,but the fool walks in darkness.Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUniversality Of DeathVanityAdvantagesUseless EndeavourCondition Of The BodyAnimals Having A Soulnatural Lifenatural DeathEverything Happening For A ReasonPetsThe Environmentbreathinghumanityfatebreath

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunBabies Sinful From Birth

For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

Verse ConceptsBest FriendsTragedyNot Being Alonehelphelpingpity

Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?

Verse ConceptsWarmingTwo PeopleNot Being AloneWeather In The Last Dayscoupleslieinglukewarm

And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.

Verse ConceptsCordsAn Overpowering PresencePlaitingTwo PeopleThreefoldknots

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Verse ConceptsOppressorsAuthorityNot Helping The PoorInjusticeoppressionsurprises

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

Whatever exists was given its name long ago, and it is known what man is. But he is not able to contend with the One stronger than he.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsGod Is StrongPeople Naming Thingsfate

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

Verse ConceptsFear Of God, Results Of

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,

Verse ConceptsBeing Found Out

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

Verse ConceptsRelationship Of Men And WomenVirtuous WomanGodly WomanFinding LoveGodly ManA Good WomanBeing A Woman Of GodA Good ManMan And Womanwomancredibility

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Verse ConceptsThe Right TimeWhat Manner?Man's Wisdom

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

Verse ConceptsUniversality Of DeathEuthanasiaCoping With DeathHow Death Is InevitableEvil And FreedomPrinciples Of WarSalvation By Other ThingsDeathstruggleWarGod Being In Controlpractice

All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one man has authority over another to his harm.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as for the one who takes an oath, so for the one who fears an oath.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one fate for everyone. In addition, the hearts of people are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live—after that they go to the dead.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Verse ConceptsForgetting PeopleIndividuals Saving OthersThe Work Of The WiseSaving Moneyhealthcarerecognition

Wisdom is better than weapons of war,but one sinner can destroy much good.

Verse ConceptsBenefits Of WisdomWeapons Of The BelieverFamily Conflict

The one who digs a pit may fall into it,and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedDigging Pits

The one who quarries stones may be hurt by them;the one who splits trees may be endangered by them.

Verse ConceptsAccidentsSplitting WoodWoundsHurt

If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen its edge,then one must exert more strength;however, the advantage of wisdom is that it brings success.

Verse ConceptsAxesSharpeningBenefits Of WisdomSuccess Through GodSuccess And Hard Workenergy

Yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what will happen,and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

In the morning sow your seed,and at evening do not let your hand rest,because you don’t know which will succeed,whether one or the other,or if both of them will be equally good.

Verse ConceptsBusynessVegetationNot Knowing The FutureAt Morning And EveningFrom Morning Till EveningCareer SuccessReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSuccess And Hard WorkSowing Seedssowing

the doors at the street are shutwhile the sound of the mill fades;when one rises at the sound of a bird,and all the daughters of song grow faint.

Verse ConceptsNatural DeafnessWakefulnessShutting DoorsGrinding FoodFaintnessBird SoundsSingersHabitual Getting Uprelaxation

The sayings of the wise are like goads, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.

Verse ConceptsNailsSharp Tools

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