Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
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- Eccl 1:3 : 3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
- Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Eccl 5:16 : 16 All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
- Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
- Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
- Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun? 23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.
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3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
- Eccl 3:10-134 verses83%
10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
12 I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
13 And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
- Eccl 2:17-2610 verses83%
17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
18 Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
20 So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.
21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
22 What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.
24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him?
26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
- Eccl 2:10-112 verses81%
10 And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Eccl 5:15-162 verses79%
15 And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
16 All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
- Eccl 4:6-83 verses77%
6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
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9 For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
- Eccl 4:3-42 verses76%
3 Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
- Eccl 1:13-142 verses75%
13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
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8 A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
- Eccl 9:9-102 verses75%
9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
- Eccl 6:7-82 verses75%
7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses75%
11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
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6 A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
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9 All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.
- Eccl 3:1-22 verses74%
1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2 A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
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23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
- Eccl 5:18-192 verses74%
18 Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.
19 He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.
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17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
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1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.
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26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
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9 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
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1 Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?
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6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
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11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
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1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;