Ecclesiastes 3:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

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  • Eccl 1:3 : 3 What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled 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 grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
  • Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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  • Eccl 1:3
    88%

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

    13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

  • Eccl 2:17-26
    10 verses
    83%

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

    18Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    81%

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Eccl 5:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor which he may carry away in his hand.

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

  • Eccl 3:22
    78%

    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 4:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

    7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

  • Job 34:9
    77%

    9For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.

  • Eccl 4:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 3:8
    75%

    8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

  • Eccl 6:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 3:6
    75%

    6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

  • Eccl 8:9
    74%

    9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

  • Eccl 3:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

    2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

    23In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Eccl 5:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

    19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

  • Eccl 8:17
    73%

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 9:1
    73%

    1For 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 one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Eccl 5:9
    72%

    9Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field.

  • Job 7:1
    72%

    1Is there not an appointed time for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?

  • Ps 39:6
    72%

    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Eccl 6:1
    72%

    1There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: