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works

Meaning of “works”

Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

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237 occurrences224 verses41 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 5:4

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Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 1:14 · retained source text

I haue seene all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and behold, all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:11 · retained source text

Then I looked on all the workes that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to doe: and behold, all was vanitie, and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit vnder the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.3.

Ecclesiastes 3:22
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 3:22 · retained source text

Wherefore I perceiue that there is nothing better, then that a man should reioyce in his owne workes: for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shalbe after him?

1611 marginal noteCha.2.24. and 5.17.

Ecclesiastes 9:1
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:1 · retained source text

¶ For all this I considered in my heart, euen to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their workes, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either loue, or hatred, by all that is before them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. I gaue, or set to my heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:7
¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:7 · retained source text

¶ Goe thy way, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy workes.

Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 11:5 · retained source text

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: euen so thou knowest not the workes of God who maketh all.

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