In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat--for He gives sleep to His beloved. Cross References Genesis 3:17 And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return." Job 11:18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety. Job 11:19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor. Psalm 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. Psalm 60:5 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered. Proverbs 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. Ecclesiastes 5:12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep. Ecclesiastes 5:17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger. Treasury of Scripture It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep. vain Psalm 39:5,6 Ecclesiastes 1:14 Ecclesiastes 2:1-11,20-23 rise up Proverbs 31:15-18 the bread Genesis 3:17-19 Ecclesiastes 6:7 for so he Psalm 3:5 Psalm 4:8 Ecclesiastes 5:12 |
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