Judges 19:16

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

“You shall not steal.

In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

After her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.

Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),

Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored,

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. His wives turned his heart away.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”