And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon [that] which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Therefore said I, Look away from me: I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no God.
Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
She is hardened against her young ones, as though [they were] not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
[If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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.
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; [and] make not all the people to labour thither; for they [are but] few.
Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
[That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust.
The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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