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Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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Ecclesiastes 5:16
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?
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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.
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Proverbs 23:4-5
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for[ riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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Mark 8:36-37
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
For 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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Ecclesiastes 2:19
And 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.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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.
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Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for[ that which is] not bread? and your labour for[ that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye[ that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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Ecclesiastes 9:6
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any[ thing] that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15-17
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth:( for also[ there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)Then 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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Matthew 16:26
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?
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Habakkuk 2:13
Behold,[ is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
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Ecclesiastes 9:3
This[ is] an evil among all[ things] that are done under the sun, that[ there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness[ is] in their heart while they live, and after that[ they go] to the dead.
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Ecclesiastes 4:3
Yea, better[ is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom[ is] good with an inheritance: and[ by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:13
This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it[ seemed] great unto me:
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Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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Habakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?