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.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the
The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the ev
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage;
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and
“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to ea
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon t
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wis
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdraw
Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.