Verse 3

For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 5:16 : 16 This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde?
  • Eccl 2:22 : 22 For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne?
  • Eccl 3:9 : 9 What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.
  • Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose. 5 Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre.
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what shall it profite a man, yf he wynne all the worlde, and lose his owne soule? 37 Or what shall a man geue, for a raunsome of his soule?
  • John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule?
  • Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng.
  • Eccl 4:3 : 3 Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.
  • Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?
  • Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:
  • Eccl 8:15-17 : 15 Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne. 16 And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night. 17 I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.
  • Eccl 9:6 : 6 Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 9:13 : 13 This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie.
  • Hab 2:18 : 18 What profiteth the image? for the maker therof hath made it an image and a teacher of lyes, though he that made it trust therin when he maketh dumbe idoles.
  • Eccl 4:7 : 7 Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.