Ecclesiastes 2:22

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What does a person gain from all their labor and from the striving of their heart under the sun?

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  • Eccl 1:3 : 3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
  • Eccl 3:9 : 9 What does the worker gain from all their toil?
  • Matt 6:34 : 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • 1 Tim 6:8 : 8 If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.
  • Ps 127:2 : 2 It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.
  • Prov 16:26 : 26 The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.
  • 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?
  • Luke 12:22 : 22 Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? 11 The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.
  • Eccl 5:17 : 17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.
  • Eccl 6:7-8 : 7 All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied. 8 What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?
  • Eccl 8:15 : 15 So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us today our daily bread.
  • Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:2-3
    2 verses
    89%

    2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

    3 What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts.

    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.

    12 So I turned my attention to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can anyone do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Eccl 2:17-21
    5 verses
    87%

    17 So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

    18 I hated all my toil under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.

    19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.

    20 So I turned my heart to despair over all the hard work with which I had labored under the sun.

    21 For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

  • Eccl 2:23-26
    4 verses
    86%

    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.

    24 There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

    25 For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

    26 To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 3:9-10
    2 verses
    83%

    9 What does the worker gain from all their toil?

    10 I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    83%

    13 I set my heart to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a burdensome task God has given to the human race to occupy themselves with!

    14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; they are all meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3 But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

    4 And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11 The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Eccl 8:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15 So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.

    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

    17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
    3 verses
    81%

    6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

    7 Again, I turned and saw meaninglessness under the sun.

    8 There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!

  • Eccl 3:22
    80%

    22 So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 5:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16 Throughout his days, he eats in darkness, with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

    17 Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

    18 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

  • Eccl 6:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7 All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

    8 What advantage has the wise person over the fool? What does the poor person gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?

    9 Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 1:17
    78%

    17 Then I set my heart to understand wisdom, as well as madness and folly, but I learned that this too is a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 4:16
    77%

    16 There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your portion in life and in your hard work under the sun.

    10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humanity.

    2 God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires. Yet God does not enable him to enjoy them, but instead a foreigner eats them. This is meaningless and a grievous misfortune.

  • Eccl 8:9
    76%

    9 I observed all this as I considered all the work done under the sun: a time when one man has power over another to hurt them.

  • Eccl 12:8
    76%

    8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'

  • Eccl 3:12
    76%

    12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

  • Ps 39:6
    75%

    6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Eccl 1:8
    75%

    8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

  • Eccl 9:3
    74%

    3 This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.

  • Eccl 2:15
    74%

    15 Then I said in my heart, 'What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise?' And I concluded in my heart, 'This too is meaningless.'

  • Eccl 9:1
    74%

    1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

  • Eccl 11:8
    74%

    8 For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

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