Deuteronomy 28:38

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³⁸You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,^(A) because locusts^(B) will devour^(C) it.

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Psalm 127:1

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Psalm 127

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

¹Unless the Lord builds^(A) the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches^(B) over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.

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Isaiah 17:11

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¹¹though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning^(A) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest^(B) will be as nothing^(C)
in the day of disease and incurable^(D) pain.^(E)

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Isaiah 49:4

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⁴But I said, “I have labored in vain;^(A)
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,^(B)
and my reward^(C) is with my God.”^(D)

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Jeremiah 12:13

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¹³They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.^(A)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”^(B)

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Micah 6:15

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¹⁵You will plant but not harvest;^(A)
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.^(B)

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Haggai 1:6

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⁶You have planted much, but harvested little.^(A) You eat, but never have enough.^(B) You drink, but never have your fill.^(C) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,^(D) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

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