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Romans 8:20-22
For the creation was subjected to futility— not willingly, but because of him who subjected it— in the hopethat the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.
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Genesis 5:29
And he named him Noah, saying,“ This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
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Isaiah 24:5-6
The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the permanent covenant.Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants have become guilty; the earth’s inhabitants have been burned, and only a few survive.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
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Job 14:1
Anyone born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.
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Psalms 127:2
In vain you get up early and stay up late, working hard to have enough food— yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.
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Ecclesiastes 5:17
What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much frustration, sickness, and anger.
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Job 5:6-7
For distress does not grow out of the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.But humans are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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Job 21:17
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come on them? Does he apportion destruction in his anger?
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Genesis 3:6
The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Genesis 2:16-17
And the LORD God commanded the man,“ You are free to eat from any tree of the garden,but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”
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Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.
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Matthew 25:26-27
“ His master replied to him,‘ You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered,then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned.
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Luke 19:22
“ He told him,‘ I will condemn you by what you have said, you evil servant! If you knew I was a harsh man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,
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Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
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Jeremiah 7:23-24
However, I did give them this command:‘ Obey me, and then I will be your God, and you will be my people. Follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.’Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward.
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1 Samuel 15 23-1 Samuel 15 24
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king.Saul answered Samuel,“ I have sinned. I have transgressed the LORD’s command and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.
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Genesis 3:11
Then he asked,“ Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
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Matthew 25:45
“ Then he will answer them,‘ Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
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John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Matthew 22:12
So he said to him,‘ Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.
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Psalms 90:7-9
For we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.For all our days ebb away under your wrath; we end our years like a sigh.