For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?


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Genesis 16 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 37 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Genesis 44 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Exodus 22 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Exodus 35 10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
Deuteronomy 1 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 4 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy 12 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
Judges 18 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
1 Samuel 24 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
2 Samuel 23 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
1 Kings 1 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
1 Kings 3 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings 3 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings 8 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;
1 Kings 10 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
2 Kings 1 7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
1 Chronicles 17 19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
1 Chronicles 28 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2 Chronicles 6 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:
2 Chronicles 9 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Job 3 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 7 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 14 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 14 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Job 15 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 15 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 17 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 19 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Job 19 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Job 20 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Job 22 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Job 28 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 33 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job 34 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job 34 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 34 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Job 35 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job 36 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
Job 38 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?
Job 41 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job 41 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
Job 42 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 1 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 4 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms 8 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms 10 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms 16 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.