Ecclesiastes 2:22

Is There Real Happiness In Life?

²¹ When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil. ²² For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? ²³ Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

On Earth

Toiled Under the Sun

Under the Sun

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him,
For his hunger urges him on.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.

Ecclesiastes 6:7-8

All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Matthew 6:11

‘Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:25

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:34

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:22

And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Timothy 6:8

If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.