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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecc 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Gen 4:4 |
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: |
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Gen 4:5 |
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. |
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Gen 4:6 |
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? |
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Gen 4:7 |
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. |
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Gen 4:8 |
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. |
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Gen 37:2 |
These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. |
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Gen 37:3 |
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he [was] the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of [many] colours. |
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Gen 37:4 |
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. |
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Gen 37:5 |
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. |
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Gen 37:6 |
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: |
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1Sa 18:8 |
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed [but] thousands: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom? |
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1Sa 18:9 |
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. |
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1Sa 18:14 |
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him. |
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1Sa 18:15 |
Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. |
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1Sa 18:16 |
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. |
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1Sa 18:29 |
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. |
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1Sa 18:30 |
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, [that] David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. |
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Pro 27:4 |
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy? |
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Mat 27:18 |
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. |
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Act 7:9 |
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, |
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Jam 4:5 |
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? |
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1Jo 3:12 |
Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. |
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Ecc 4:16 |
[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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Ecc 1:14 |
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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Ecc 2:21 |
For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil. |
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Ecc 2:26 |
For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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Ecc 6:9 |
Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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Ecc 6:11 |
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better? |
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Gen 37:4 |
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. |
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Gen 37:11 |
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 4:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/4/4.html>.
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