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Ecclesiastes 12:8
“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Everything is futile.”
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Mark 12:29-34
“ This is the most important,” Jesus answered: Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.“ The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”Then the scribe said to Him,“ You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”When Jesus saw that he answered intelligently, He said to him,“ You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.
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Matthew 5:28
But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
“ Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“ Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”What does a man gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?
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Psalms 39:5-6
You, indeed, have made my days short in length, and my life span as nothing in Your sight. Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor. Selah“ Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow. Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain, gathering possessions without knowing who will get them.
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Psalms 19:7-8
The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.The precepts of the Lord are right, making the heart glad; the command of the Lord is radiant, making the eyes light up.
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2 Samuel 18 17
They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.
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2 Samuel 16 23
Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God— such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
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2 Samuel 14 25
No man in all Israel was as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
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Romans 7:7-12
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to lifeand I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
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Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
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1 Samuel 17 8
He stood and shouted to the Israelite battle formations:“ Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?” He asked them,“ Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
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1 Samuel 9 2
He had a son named Saul, an impressive young man. There was no one more impressive among the Israelites than he. He stood a head taller than anyone else.
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1 Samuel 31 4-1 Samuel 31 5
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer,“ Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is certainly no righteous man on the earth who does good and never sins.
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1 Samuel 17 49-1 Samuel 17 51
David put his hand in the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. Even though David had no sword, he struck down the Philistine and killed him.David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran.
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Matthew 5:18
For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.
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Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am made out of flesh, sold into sin’s power.
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Matthew 22:37-40
He said to him,“ Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.This is the greatest and most important command.The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”
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2 Samuel 17 23
When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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2 Samuel 18 14
Joab said,“ I’m not going to waste time with you!” He then took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the oak tree,
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Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.