² "Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!" ³ What does a person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun? ⁴ A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever.

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On Earth

Under the Sun

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Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What does the worker gain in his toil?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also [is] a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit [does] he gain for all his toil for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?

Proverbs 23:4-5

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows [whether] he will be wise or foolish? Yet he will exercise control of all [the fruit of] my toil with which I toiled wisely under the sun. This also [is] vanity!

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better [off] than both of them is the one who has not yet been born and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and {to enjoy} all [the fruit of] the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him--for this [is] his lot.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what [is] good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future} under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance; {it benefits the living}.

Ecclesiastes 8:15-17

So I recommend enjoyment. For there [is] nothing better for man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to rejoice. This will accompany him in his toil the days of his life that God gives to him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

What they loved and hated, as well as what they desired, has already perished. They no longer have any share in what is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen this [example of] wisdom under the sun, and it [seemed] great to me.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.

Habakkuk 2:13

Look! [Is it] not from Yahweh of hosts that people labor for mere fire, and nations exhaust themselves for mere vanity?

Habakkuk 2:18

What value [is] an idol when its carver has fashioned it, a molten idol, a teacher of lies? For [he who] fashioned his creation trusts in it, [though] making mute idols!

Matthew 16:26

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

Mark 8:36-37

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

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