Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all which my hands had done and labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and chasing after the wind and there was no profit (nothing of lasting value) under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous evil—exactly as he was born, so he shall die. So what advantage has he who labors 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 from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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