What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

And I saw there is profit to wisdom more than to folly, as the excellence of the light above darkness.

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

Therefore two are better than one, for they may well enjoy the profit of their labour.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what profit is there to the owner thereof, except the beholding of them with his eyes?

Just as he came naked from his mother's womb, he will leave as naked as he came; he will receive no profit from his efforts he cannot carry away even a handful.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

For what profit hath the wise man, over the dullard? What can, the poor man, know - so as to walk before the living?

For there are many other words that increase futility. What then is the advantage for a man?

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.