Ecclesiastes 1:3

All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious

² Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity. ³ What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun? ⁴ A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

On Earth

Under the Sun

Ecclesiastes 2:11

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

Proverbs 23:4-5

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

And better than both of them is he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Lo, that which I have seen: It is good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:15-17

And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event is to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

Habakkuk 2:13

Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

Habakkuk 2:18

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

Matthew 16:26

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

Mark 8:36-37

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

John 6:27

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- even God.'