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There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
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Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, wanting ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,
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And lifted up his head from misery; so that many that saw from him is peace over all the
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Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord.
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Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.
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Error and darkness had their beginning together with sinners: and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein.
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The gift of the Lord remaineth with the ungodly, and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever.
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There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this his the portion of his reward:
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Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
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Be stedfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and wax old in thy work.
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Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.