Verse 9

What does the worker gain from all their toil?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:3 : 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  • Eccl 5:16 : 16 Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
  • Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 What does a person gain from all their labor and from the striving of their heart under the sun? 23 All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.