7 occurrences

'Toiled' in the Bible

So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity (futility, self-conceit).

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

For there is a man who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, yet gives his legacy to one who has not labored for it. This too is vanity and a great evil.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

“Yet you have not called on Me [in prayer and worship], O Jacob;But you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.

Verse ConceptsComplacencyPrayerlessnessNot PrayingWeary Of Godtired

The Lord has sworn [an oath] by His right hand and by His mighty arm,“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies,Nor will [the invading] foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

Verse ConceptsForeignersHandsOaths, DivineRedemption, In OtRight Hand Of GodForeigners SubduedGod Feeds All The EarthOvercoming EnemiesAliensSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

“But the shameful act [of idolatry] has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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βασανίζω 
Basanizo 
Usage: 12

κοπιάω 
Kopiao 
Usage: 17