4 when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
Ecclesiastes 12:4
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Proverbs 7:8–10
8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house, 9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night. 10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Lamentations 5:13–15
13 Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. 14 The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music. 15 Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:13–15
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Proverbs 27:24–26
24 for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. 25 When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered, 26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
Job 4:12–14
12 Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it. 13 In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men, 14 fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
Job 33:14–16
14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices. 15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, 16 He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
Psalms 104:21–23
21 The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. 22 The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens. 23 Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
Job 37:7–9
7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work. 8 The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. 9 The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
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