Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Matthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain