Ecclesiastes 1:3
"What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?"
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- Ecclesiastes 3:9
"What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?"
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 5:16
"And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?"
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:22
"For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?"
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Mark 8:36
"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 23:4
"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom."
Read in chapter → - John 6:27
"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 55:2
"Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 16:26
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:19
"And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity."
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