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Job 10
Job continues his lament, expressing his anguish and questioning why God is allowing him to suffer. He feels that God is treating him harshly and wishes he had never been born. Job describes his life as full of pain and despair, feeling that God is relentless in His scrutiny. He pleads with God to understand why he is being targeted and asks for a reprieve from his suffering. Job questions the purpose of his creation if it was only to endure such misery and wishes for a brief moment of joy before he descends to the darkness of death.

Psalm 17:8-15
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. They close up their callous hearts, and their mouths speak with arrogance. They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert to throw me to the ground. They are like a lion hungry for prey, like a fierce lion crouching in cover. Rise up, Lord, confront them, bring them down; with Your sword rescue me from the wicked. By Your hand save me from such people, Lord, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what You have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones. As for me, I will be vindicated and will see Your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing Your likeness.

Proverbs 19:8
The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

Matthew 6:19-34
Jesus teaches about the priorities of the heart, addressing material wealth, trust in God, and living without anxiety.

Treasures in Heaven: Do not store up treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal. Instead, store up treasures in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Serving Two Masters: No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Do Not Worry: Therefore, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will He not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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