Bible Cross References
labour
Ecclesiastes 10:3
Their stupidity will be evident even to strangers they meet along the way; they let everyone know that they are fools.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
If your ax is dull and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is smarter to plan ahead.
Isaiah 44:12-17
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The metalworker takes a piece of metal and works with it over a fire. His strong arm swings a hammer to pound the metal into shape. As he works, he gets hungry, thirsty, and tired.
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The carpenter measures the wood. He outlines a figure with chalk, carves it out with his tools, and makes it in the form of a man, a handsome human figure, to be placed in his house.
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He might cut down cedars to use, or choose oak or cypress wood from the forest. Or he might plant a laurel tree and wait for the rain to make it grow.
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A person uses part of a tree for fuel and part of it for making an idol. With one part he builds a fire to warm himself and bake bread; with the other part he makes a god and worships it.
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With some of the wood he makes a fire; he roasts meat, eats it, and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, "How nice and warm! What a beautiful fire!"
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The rest of the wood he makes into an idol, and then he bows down and worships it. He prays to it and says, "You are my god---save me!"
Isaiah 47:12
Keep all your magic spells and charms; you have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you; perhaps you can frighten your enemies.
Isaiah 47:13
You are powerless in spite of the advice you get. Let your astrologers come forward and save you--- those people who study the stars, who map out the zones of the heavens and tell you from month to month what is going to happen to you.
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.
Isaiah 57:1
Good people die, and no one understands or even cares. But when they die, no calamity can hurt them.
Habakkuk 2:6
The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, "You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?"
Matthew 11:28-30
28
"Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.
29
Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.
30
For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light."
because
Psalm 107:4
Some wandered in the trackless desert and could not find their way to a city to live in.
Psalm 107:7
He led them by a straight road to a city where they could live.
Isaiah 35:8-10
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There will be a highway there, called "The Road of Holiness." No sinner will ever travel that road; no fools will mislead those who follow it.
9
No lions will be there; no fierce animals will pass that way. Those whom the LORD has rescued will travel home by that road.
10
They will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief.
Jeremiah 50:4
The LORD says, "When that time comes, the people of both Israel and Judah will come weeping, looking for me, their God.
Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion and then go in that direction. They will make an eternal covenant with me and never break it.