What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.