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Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.

They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.

Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

…a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.

…all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them—the time of their punishment.

There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.

So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.

And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.

And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

…so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

…so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.

For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

…know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

You too should beware of him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.

You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

…he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.