Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit is there to the worker in his work?

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

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?

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?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:11
I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.
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?