Ecclesiastes 3:9

What benefit does the worker gain from what he undertakes?

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This is also a painful tragedy: However a person comes, he also departs; so what does he gain as he labors after the wind?

Proverbs 14:23

In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth?

Matthew 16:26

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
This is also a painful tragedy: However a person comes, he also departs; so what does he gain as he labors after the wind?
Proverbs 14:23
In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty.
Matthew 16:26
because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

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