Ecclesiastes 3:9

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

Ecclesiastes 1:3

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

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

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?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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

General references

Matthew 16:26

Bible References

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What advantage does man have in all his work

Which he does under the sun?

Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was

vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

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?