29 verses contain “Toil” (in the KJV: 9, in the BSB: 21) — showing 1–29
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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:
cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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.
And he called his name
Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and
toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath
cursed.
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 LORD has
cursed.”
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine
affliction and the labour of my hands, and
rebuked thee
yesternight.
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my
affliction and the
toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
And Joseph called the name of the
firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me
forget all my
toil, and all my father’s house.
And when we
cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our
affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our
affliction,
toil, and oppression.
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only
oppressed and
crushed alway:
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your
toil. All your days you will be
oppressed and
crushed.
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
In vain you rise early and stay up late,
toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and
vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had
toiled to
achieve, I found everything to be
futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Yea, I
hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
I
hated all for which I had
toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
For what does a man get for all the
toil and
striving with which he labors under the sun?
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
What does the worker gain from his toil?
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with
travail and
vexation of spirit.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
There is one alone, and there is not a second;
yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and
bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity,
yea, it is a
sore travail.
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I
toil and
bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is
futile—a
miserable task.
And this also is a
sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
This too is a
grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he
toils for the wind?
The labour of the
foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
The
toil of a
fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
The LORD hath
sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
The LORD has
sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have
toiled.
They took the young men to
grind, and the children fell under the wood.
Young men
toil at millstones; boys
stagger under loads of wood.
And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they
spin:
And why do you
worry about clothes? Consider how the
lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or
spin.
And he saw them
toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
Consider the
lilies how they grow: they
toil not, they
spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
Consider how the
lilies grow: They do not labor or
spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
In
weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
in labor and
toil and often without sleep, in hunger and
thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and
travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and
toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to
anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
Neither did we eat any man’s bread for
nought; but wrought with labour and
travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
nor did we eat
anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and
toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?
And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord?
whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother’s
womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the
travail of Jacob, and the
wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
Come unto her as one that ploweth and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: for thou shalt not toil much in labouring about her, but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon.
