Ecclesiastes 1:3

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Profit

Under

Ecclesiastes 9:3

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:9

Bible References

Profit

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

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.

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.

Under

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man 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 hath given him under the sun.

This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead.

General references

What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?