Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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- Eccl 1:3 : 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Eccl 2:11 : 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.
- Eccl 5:16 : 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?
- Matt 16:26 : 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?›
- Prov 14:23 : 23 ¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
- Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 23 For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Eccl 3:10-134 verses83%
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
- Eccl 2:17-2610 verses83%
17¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19And 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.
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.
25For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
26For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 2:10-112 verses81%
10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
11Then 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.
- Eccl 5:15-162 verses79%
15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16And 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?
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22Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
- Eccl 4:6-83 verses77%
6Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
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9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
- Eccl 4:3-42 verses76%
3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 1:13-142 verses75%
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
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8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
- Eccl 9:9-102 verses75%
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Eccl 6:7-82 verses75%
7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses75%
11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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9¶ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
- Eccl 3:1-22 verses74%
1¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted;
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23¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
- Eccl 5:18-192 verses74%
18¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God.
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17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
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1¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.
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26¶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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9¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king [himself] is served by the field.
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1¶ [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of an hireling?
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6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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11¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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1¶ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men: