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Job 14:1
“ Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble.
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Genesis 3:17-19
But to Adam he said,“ Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,‘ You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
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1 Corinthians 10 13
No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.
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Psalms 90:8-9
You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
Just as he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
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Ecclesiastes 1:8
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.