Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man get for all his work, and for the desire of his heart with which he has done his work under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there to the worker in his work?
Psalm 127:2
It is vain to work hard for the food you eat by getting up early and going to bed late. Jehovah gives food to those he loves while they sleep.
Proverbs 16:26
He who works labors for himself. His hungry mouth spurs him on.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of quietness is better than two hands full of trouble and striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
All his days he eats in darkness. He has much sorrow and anger with his sickness.
Ecclesiastes 6:7-8
All the labor of man is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended enjoyment (pleasure), because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. That will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread. (Matthew 6:34) (1 Timothy 6:8) (Proverbs 30:8) (Psalm 37:25)
Matthew 6:25
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth more than clothes?
Matthew 6:34
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have its own worries. Sufficient for each day is its own badness.
Matthew 16:26
What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:22
He told his disciples: Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your body.
Luke 12:29
Do not seek food and drink and do not worry.
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
We should be content with having food and covering.
1 Peter 5:7
Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.