Ecclesiastes 3:9

What does the worker gain in his toil?

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What does a person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also [is] a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit [does] he gain for all his toil for the wind?

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?

Matthew 16:26

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will 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 person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Yet when I considered all the effort which I expended and the toil with which I toiled to do, then behold, "Everything [is] vanity and chasing wind! There is nothing profitable under the sun!"
Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also [is] a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit [does] he gain for all his toil for the wind?
Proverbs 14:23
In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.
Matthew 16:26
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?