Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. On a balance scale, they go up; together they [weigh] less than a vapor.

Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, pay no attention to it.

Keep me from the way of deceit, and graciously give me Your instruction.

Turn my eyes from looking at what is worthless; give me life in Your ways.

"Absolute futility," says the Teacher. "Absolute futility. Everything is futile."

Woe to those who drag wickedness with cords of deceit and [pull] sin along with cart ropes,

No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Then He said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant." And they did.

"Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Then Jacob made a vow: "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

Then he blessed Joseph and said: The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm-- may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow to be numerous within the land.

When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, "What is it?" because they didn't know what it was. Moses told them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.

When they measured it by quarts, the person who gathered a lot had no surplus, and the person who gathered a little had no shortage. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat.

They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported [this] to Moses.

Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day He will give you two days' worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day."

The Israelites ate manna for 40 years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan.

Give us today our daily bread.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Give us each day our daily bread.

But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, for the rest of his life.

So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard's courtyard. He was given a loaf of bread each day from the baker's street until all the bread was gone from the city. So Jeremiah remained in the guard's courtyard.

As for his allowance, a regular allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, for the rest of his life.