Ecclesiastes 9:1 Well, I took all this in and thought it through, inside and out. Here’s what I understood: The good, the wise, and all that they do are in God’s hands—but, d...

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The Message - Well, I took all this in and thought it through, inside and out. Here’s what I understood: The good, the wise, and all that they do are in God’s hands—but, day by day, whether it’s love or hate they’re dealing with, they don’t know. Anything’s possible. It’s one fate for everybody—righteous and wicked, good people, bad people, the nice and the nasty, worshipers and non-worshipers, committed and uncommitted. I find this outrageous—the worst thing about living on this earth—that everyone’s lumped together in one fate. Is it any wonder that so many people are obsessed with evil? Is it any wonder that people go crazy right and left? Life leads to death. That’s it.
新标点和合本 - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在　神手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细研究这些，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在上帝手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们面前，但人不能知道。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细研究这些，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在　神手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们面前，但人不能知道。
当代译本 - 我仔细思想、探究这一切事，就知道义人、智者及他们的行事为人都由上帝掌管，人无法知道前面等待自己的是爱还是恨。
圣经新译本 - 我留心这一切事，并加以阐明：就是义人、智慧人和他们所作的，都在　神手里。临到他们的一切，无论是爱是恨，人都不领悟。
中文标准译本 - 因此我把这一切放在心上，为要察验这些事：义人、智慧人和他们所做的都在神的手中；那将临到他们的一切，无论是爱是恨，没有人知道。
现代标点和合本 - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人并他们的作为，都在神手中。或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。
和合本（拼音版） - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在上帝手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。
New International Version - So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
New International Reader's Version - I thought about all these things. I realized that those who are wise and do what is right are under God’s control. What they do is also under his control. But no one knows whether they will be loved or hated.
English Standard Version - But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
New Living Translation - This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor.
Christian Standard Bible - Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: The righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands. People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.
New American Standard Bible - For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits them.
New King James Version - For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.
Amplified Bible - For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
American Standard Version - For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
King James Version - For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
New English Translation - So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated – no one knows what lies ahead.
World English Bible - For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
新標點和合本 - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細考究，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在神手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們的前面，人不能知道。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細研究這些，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在上帝手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們面前，但人不能知道。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細研究這些，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在　神手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們面前，但人不能知道。
當代譯本 - 我仔細思想、探究這一切事，就知道義人、智者及他們的行事為人都由上帝掌管，人無法知道前面等待自己的是愛還是恨。
聖經新譯本 - 我留心這一切事，並加以闡明：就是義人、智慧人和他們所作的，都在　神手裡。臨到他們的一切，無論是愛是恨，人都不領悟。
呂振中譯本 - 我將這一切事放在心上，我的心就看明了這一切：就是義人和智慧人、以及他們所作的、都在上帝手中：或是愛，或是恨，人都不能知；在他們面前一切都是虛空。
中文標準譯本 - 因此我把這一切放在心上，為要察驗這些事：義人、智慧人和他們所做的都在神的手中；那將臨到他們的一切，無論是愛是恨，沒有人知道。
現代標點和合本 - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細考究，就知道義人和智慧人並他們的作為，都在神手中。或是愛，或是恨，都在他們的前面，人不能知道。
文理和合譯本 - 凡此諸事、我決志詳察之、則知義者與智者、及其作為、咸在上帝之手、或蒙愛、或見惡、人不之知、悉在其前、
文理委辦譯本 - 我竭吾心思、詳察百事、知義人智人之所為、咸歸上帝治理、惟觀其人之所值、而上帝之眷顧與否、仍難逆料。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我專心觀此諸事、究此諸事、知善人與智人及其作為、皆為天主所掌、或愛或惡、人無所能知、因諸事盡屬未來、或愛或惡人無所能知因諸事盡屬未來或作或愛或惡與諸未來之事人無所能知
Nueva Versión Internacional - A todo esto me dediqué de lleno, y en todo esto comprobé que los justos y los sabios, y sus obras, están en las manos de Dios; que el hombre nada sabe del amor ni del odio, aunque los tenga ante sus ojos.
현대인의 성경 - 나는 신중하게 모든 일을 살펴보고 의로운 사람이나 지혜로운 사람이나 그 들이 하는 모든 일이 하나님의 손에 달려 있다는 결론을 내렸다. 그러나 사람은 자기에게 기다리고 있는 것이 사랑인지 미움인지 알지 못한다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Божьих, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
Восточный перевод - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Всевышнего, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Аллаха, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Всевышнего, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Oui, j’ai beaucoup réfléchi à tout cela, et tout ce que j’ai compris, c’est que les justes, les sages et tous leurs travaux sont dans la main de Dieu. L’homme ne sait pas s’il rencontrera l’amour ou la haine : il peut tout envisager.
リビングバイブル - 私は注意深く、次のことも探求してみました。神を敬う人も知恵のある人も神の計画の中にありますが、神がその人のことを喜んでいるかどうかは、だれにもわかりません。確かなことは何も言えないのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Refleti nisso tudo e cheguei à conclusão de que os justos e os sábios, e aquilo que eles fazem, estão nas mãos de Deus. O que os espera, seja amor ou ódio, ninguém sabe.
Hoffnung für alle - Über dies alles habe ich nachgedacht, und ich habe erkannt: Auch der Rechtschaffene und Verständige ist bei allem, was er tut, von Gott abhängig. Der Mensch versteht nicht einmal, warum er liebt oder hasst; erst recht weiß er nicht, was auf ihn zukommt!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tôi lại cẩn thận nghiền ngẫm điều này: Người công chính và khôn ngoan cùng những việc họ làm đều ở trong tay Đức Chúa Trời, không ai biết Đức Chúa Trời sẽ tỏ cho họ ân huệ thế nào.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าจึงได้พิเคราะห์สิ่งทั้งปวงนี้ และสรุปว่า ทั้งคนชอบธรรมและคนฉลาดและการกระทำของพวกเขาล้วนอยู่ในพระหัตถ์ของพระเจ้า แต่ไม่มีใครรู้ว่าความรักหรือความเกลียดรอคอยเขาอยู่เบื้องหน้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ข้าพเจ้าคิดในใจและไตร่ตรองอย่างหนักว่า ผู้มีความชอบธรรม ผู้เรืองปัญญา และการกระทำของพวกเขาอยู่ในการควบคุมของพระเจ้า มนุษย์ไม่อาจทราบล่วงหน้าว่า ความรักหรือความเกลียดชังรอเขาอยู่

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1 Corinthians 3:5 - Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God’s field in which we are working.
1 Corinthians 3:9 - Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you’ll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won’t get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn’t, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won’t be torn out; you’ll survive—but just barely.
Job 5:8 - “If I were in your shoes, I’d go straight to God, I’d throw myself on the mercy of God. After all, he’s famous for great and unexpected acts; there’s no end to his surprises. He gives rain, for instance, across the wide earth, sends water to irrigate the fields. He raises up the down-and-out, gives firm footing to those sinking in grief. He aborts the schemes of conniving crooks, so that none of their plots come to term. He catches the know-it-alls in their conspiracies— all that intricate intrigue swept out with the trash! Suddenly they’re disoriented, plunged into darkness; they can’t see to put one foot in front of the other. But the downtrodden are saved by God, saved from the murderous plots, saved from the iron fist. And so the poor continue to hope, while injustice is bound and gagged.
Psalms 10:14 - But you know all about it— the contempt, the abuse. I dare to believe that the luckless will get lucky someday in you. You won’t let them down: orphans won’t be orphans forever.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - I’ve seen it all in my brief and pointless life—here a good person cut down in the middle of doing good, there a bad person living a long life of sheer evil. So don’t knock yourself out being good, and don’t go overboard being wise. Believe me, you won’t get anything out of it. But don’t press your luck by being bad, either. And don’t be reckless. Why die needlessly?
Ecclesiastes 12:9 - Besides being wise himself, the Quester also taught others knowledge. He weighed, examined, and arranged many proverbs. The Quester did his best to find the right words and write the plain truth.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 - Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about.
Malachi 3:16 - Then those whose lives honored God got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God’s presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of the God-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God’s name.
Malachi 3:17 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “They’re mine, all mine. They’ll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them. Once more you’ll see the difference it makes between being a person who does the right thing and one who doesn’t, between serving God and not serving him.”
Psalms 37:5 - Open up before God, keep nothing back; he’ll do whatever needs to be done: He’ll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
Psalms 73:11 - What’s going on here? Is God out to lunch? Nobody’s tending the store. The wicked get by with everything; they have it made, piling up riches. I’ve been stupid to play by the rules; what has it gotten me? A long run of bad luck, that’s what— a slap in the face every time I walk out the door.
Jeremiah 1:18 - “Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work. I’m making you as impregnable as a castle, Immovable as a steel post, solid as a concrete block wall. You’re a one-man defense system against this culture, Against Judah’s kings and princes, against the priests and local leaders. They’ll fight you, but they won’t even scratch you. I’ll back you up every inch of the way.” God’s Decree.
2 Samuel 15:25 - Then the king ordered Zadok, “Take the Chest back to the city. If I get back in God’s good graces, he’ll bring me back and show me where the Chest has been set down. But if he says, ‘I’m not pleased with you’—well, he can then do with me whatever he pleases.”
Isaiah 49:1 - Listen, far-flung islands, pay attention, faraway people: God put me to work from the day I was born. The moment I entered the world he named me. He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate. He kept his hand on me to protect me. He made me his straight arrow and hid me in his quiver. He said to me, “You’re my dear servant, Israel, through whom I’ll shine.”
Isaiah 49:4 - But I said, “I’ve worked for nothing. I’ve nothing to show for a life of hard work. Nevertheless, I’ll let God have the last word. I’ll let him pronounce his verdict.”
Proverbs 16:3 - Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.
Ecclesiastes 8:16 - When I determined to load up on wisdom and examine everything taking place on earth, I realized that if you keep your eyes open day and night without even blinking, you’ll still never figure out the meaning of what God is doing on this earth. Search as hard as you like, you’re not going to make sense of it. No matter how smart you are, you won’t get to the bottom of it.
Ecclesiastes 8:14 - Here’s something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what’s coming to the wicked, and bad people get what’s coming to the good. I tell you, this makes no sense. It’s smoke.

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The Message - Well, I took all this in and thought it through, inside and out. Here’s what I understood: The good, the wise, and all that they do are in God’s hands—but, day by day, whether it’s love or hate they’re dealing with, they don’t know. Anything’s possible. It’s one fate for everybody—righteous and wicked, good people, bad people, the nice and the nasty, worshipers and non-worshipers, committed and uncommitted. I find this outrageous—the worst thing about living on this earth—that everyone’s lumped together in one fate. Is it any wonder that so many people are obsessed with evil? Is it any wonder that people go crazy right and left? Life leads to death. That’s it.
新标点和合本 - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在　神手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细研究这些，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在上帝手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们面前，但人不能知道。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细研究这些，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在　神手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们面前，但人不能知道。
当代译本 - 我仔细思想、探究这一切事，就知道义人、智者及他们的行事为人都由上帝掌管，人无法知道前面等待自己的是爱还是恨。
圣经新译本 - 我留心这一切事，并加以阐明：就是义人、智慧人和他们所作的，都在　神手里。临到他们的一切，无论是爱是恨，人都不领悟。
中文标准译本 - 因此我把这一切放在心上，为要察验这些事：义人、智慧人和他们所做的都在神的手中；那将临到他们的一切，无论是爱是恨，没有人知道。
现代标点和合本 - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人并他们的作为，都在神手中。或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。
和合本（拼音版） - 我将这一切事放在心上，详细考究，就知道义人和智慧人，并他们的作为都在上帝手中；或是爱，或是恨，都在他们的前面，人不能知道。
New International Version - So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
New International Reader's Version - I thought about all these things. I realized that those who are wise and do what is right are under God’s control. What they do is also under his control. But no one knows whether they will be loved or hated.
English Standard Version - But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him.
New Living Translation - This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor.
Christian Standard Bible - Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: The righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands. People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.
New American Standard Bible - For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits them.
New King James Version - For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.
Amplified Bible - For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
American Standard Version - For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
King James Version - For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
New English Translation - So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated – no one knows what lies ahead.
World English Bible - For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
新標點和合本 - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細考究，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在神手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們的前面，人不能知道。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細研究這些，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在上帝手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們面前，但人不能知道。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細研究這些，就知道義人和智慧人，並他們的作為都在　神手中；或是愛，或是恨，都在他們面前，但人不能知道。
當代譯本 - 我仔細思想、探究這一切事，就知道義人、智者及他們的行事為人都由上帝掌管，人無法知道前面等待自己的是愛還是恨。
聖經新譯本 - 我留心這一切事，並加以闡明：就是義人、智慧人和他們所作的，都在　神手裡。臨到他們的一切，無論是愛是恨，人都不領悟。
呂振中譯本 - 我將這一切事放在心上，我的心就看明了這一切：就是義人和智慧人、以及他們所作的、都在上帝手中：或是愛，或是恨，人都不能知；在他們面前一切都是虛空。
中文標準譯本 - 因此我把這一切放在心上，為要察驗這些事：義人、智慧人和他們所做的都在神的手中；那將臨到他們的一切，無論是愛是恨，沒有人知道。
現代標點和合本 - 我將這一切事放在心上，詳細考究，就知道義人和智慧人並他們的作為，都在神手中。或是愛，或是恨，都在他們的前面，人不能知道。
文理和合譯本 - 凡此諸事、我決志詳察之、則知義者與智者、及其作為、咸在上帝之手、或蒙愛、或見惡、人不之知、悉在其前、
文理委辦譯本 - 我竭吾心思、詳察百事、知義人智人之所為、咸歸上帝治理、惟觀其人之所值、而上帝之眷顧與否、仍難逆料。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我專心觀此諸事、究此諸事、知善人與智人及其作為、皆為天主所掌、或愛或惡、人無所能知、因諸事盡屬未來、或愛或惡人無所能知因諸事盡屬未來或作或愛或惡與諸未來之事人無所能知
Nueva Versión Internacional - A todo esto me dediqué de lleno, y en todo esto comprobé que los justos y los sabios, y sus obras, están en las manos de Dios; que el hombre nada sabe del amor ni del odio, aunque los tenga ante sus ojos.
현대인의 성경 - 나는 신중하게 모든 일을 살펴보고 의로운 사람이나 지혜로운 사람이나 그 들이 하는 모든 일이 하나님의 손에 달려 있다는 결론을 내렸다. 그러나 사람은 자기에게 기다리고 있는 것이 사랑인지 미움인지 알지 못한다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Божьих, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
Восточный перевод - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Всевышнего, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Аллаха, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, поразмышлял я над всем этим и заключил, что и праведные, и мудрецы, и их дела – в руках Всевышнего, но никто не знает, что ожидает его: любовь или ненависть.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Oui, j’ai beaucoup réfléchi à tout cela, et tout ce que j’ai compris, c’est que les justes, les sages et tous leurs travaux sont dans la main de Dieu. L’homme ne sait pas s’il rencontrera l’amour ou la haine : il peut tout envisager.
リビングバイブル - 私は注意深く、次のことも探求してみました。神を敬う人も知恵のある人も神の計画の中にありますが、神がその人のことを喜んでいるかどうかは、だれにもわかりません。確かなことは何も言えないのです。
Nova Versão Internacional - Refleti nisso tudo e cheguei à conclusão de que os justos e os sábios, e aquilo que eles fazem, estão nas mãos de Deus. O que os espera, seja amor ou ódio, ninguém sabe.
Hoffnung für alle - Über dies alles habe ich nachgedacht, und ich habe erkannt: Auch der Rechtschaffene und Verständige ist bei allem, was er tut, von Gott abhängig. Der Mensch versteht nicht einmal, warum er liebt oder hasst; erst recht weiß er nicht, was auf ihn zukommt!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tôi lại cẩn thận nghiền ngẫm điều này: Người công chính và khôn ngoan cùng những việc họ làm đều ở trong tay Đức Chúa Trời, không ai biết Đức Chúa Trời sẽ tỏ cho họ ân huệ thế nào.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าจึงได้พิเคราะห์สิ่งทั้งปวงนี้ และสรุปว่า ทั้งคนชอบธรรมและคนฉลาดและการกระทำของพวกเขาล้วนอยู่ในพระหัตถ์ของพระเจ้า แต่ไม่มีใครรู้ว่าความรักหรือความเกลียดรอคอยเขาอยู่เบื้องหน้า
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ข้าพเจ้าคิดในใจและไตร่ตรองอย่างหนักว่า ผู้มีความชอบธรรม ผู้เรืองปัญญา และการกระทำของพวกเขาอยู่ในการควบคุมของพระเจ้า มนุษย์ไม่อาจทราบล่วงหน้าว่า ความรักหรือความเกลียดชังรอเขาอยู่

1 Corinthians 3:5 - Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God’s field in which we are working.
1 Corinthians 3:9 - Or, to put it another way, you are God’s house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you’ll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won’t get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn’t, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won’t be torn out; you’ll survive—but just barely.
Job 5:8 - “If I were in your shoes, I’d go straight to God, I’d throw myself on the mercy of God. After all, he’s famous for great and unexpected acts; there’s no end to his surprises. He gives rain, for instance, across the wide earth, sends water to irrigate the fields. He raises up the down-and-out, gives firm footing to those sinking in grief. He aborts the schemes of conniving crooks, so that none of their plots come to term. He catches the know-it-alls in their conspiracies— all that intricate intrigue swept out with the trash! Suddenly they’re disoriented, plunged into darkness; they can’t see to put one foot in front of the other. But the downtrodden are saved by God, saved from the murderous plots, saved from the iron fist. And so the poor continue to hope, while injustice is bound and gagged.
Psalms 10:14 - But you know all about it— the contempt, the abuse. I dare to believe that the luckless will get lucky someday in you. You won’t let them down: orphans won’t be orphans forever.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 - I’ve seen it all in my brief and pointless life—here a good person cut down in the middle of doing good, there a bad person living a long life of sheer evil. So don’t knock yourself out being good, and don’t go overboard being wise. Believe me, you won’t get anything out of it. But don’t press your luck by being bad, either. And don’t be reckless. Why die needlessly?
Ecclesiastes 12:9 - Besides being wise himself, the Quester also taught others knowledge. He weighed, examined, and arranged many proverbs. The Quester did his best to find the right words and write the plain truth.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 - Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about.
Malachi 3:16 - Then those whose lives honored God got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God’s presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of the God-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God’s name.
Malachi 3:17 - God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “They’re mine, all mine. They’ll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them. Once more you’ll see the difference it makes between being a person who does the right thing and one who doesn’t, between serving God and not serving him.”
Psalms 37:5 - Open up before God, keep nothing back; he’ll do whatever needs to be done: He’ll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
Psalms 73:11 - What’s going on here? Is God out to lunch? Nobody’s tending the store. The wicked get by with everything; they have it made, piling up riches. I’ve been stupid to play by the rules; what has it gotten me? A long run of bad luck, that’s what— a slap in the face every time I walk out the door.
Jeremiah 1:18 - “Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work. I’m making you as impregnable as a castle, Immovable as a steel post, solid as a concrete block wall. You’re a one-man defense system against this culture, Against Judah’s kings and princes, against the priests and local leaders. They’ll fight you, but they won’t even scratch you. I’ll back you up every inch of the way.” God’s Decree.
2 Samuel 15:25 - Then the king ordered Zadok, “Take the Chest back to the city. If I get back in God’s good graces, he’ll bring me back and show me where the Chest has been set down. But if he says, ‘I’m not pleased with you’—well, he can then do with me whatever he pleases.”
Isaiah 49:1 - Listen, far-flung islands, pay attention, faraway people: God put me to work from the day I was born. The moment I entered the world he named me. He gave me speech that would cut and penetrate. He kept his hand on me to protect me. He made me his straight arrow and hid me in his quiver. He said to me, “You’re my dear servant, Israel, through whom I’ll shine.”
Isaiah 49:4 - But I said, “I’ve worked for nothing. I’ve nothing to show for a life of hard work. Nevertheless, I’ll let God have the last word. I’ll let him pronounce his verdict.”
Proverbs 16:3 - Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.
Ecclesiastes 8:16 - When I determined to load up on wisdom and examine everything taking place on earth, I realized that if you keep your eyes open day and night without even blinking, you’ll still never figure out the meaning of what God is doing on this earth. Search as hard as you like, you’re not going to make sense of it. No matter how smart you are, you won’t get to the bottom of it.
Ecclesiastes 8:14 - Here’s something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what’s coming to the wicked, and bad people get what’s coming to the good. I tell you, this makes no sense. It’s smoke.