22 occurrences

'Labour' in the Bible

What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LabourToiling In VainUnder The SunQuestioning Life

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them: I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour, and this was my portion from all my labour.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesReward For WorksSelf LoveBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingGood ActivityCaused By GodFinding LoveSuccess And Hard WorkBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertaintyhardwork

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless EndeavourMotivationSuccess And Hard WorkCompetitionaccomplishmentsaccomplishmenthardworkstriving

There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Verse ConceptsNudityBabiesHow Death Is InevitableNaked In OriginNew Born

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

then I saw that all is the work of God, and that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek it out, yet doth he not find it; and even, if a wise man think to know it, he shall not be able to find it out.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutUnder The SunWisdomGod's PlanGod's WillSunThe MindGods PlanEverything Happening For A ReasonWorking For GodKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodWorking For The LordChanging YourselfScriptureexploringworkingefforthardworkeverythingseekingmanwisetryingThe Complexity Of Nature

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

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