Ecclesiastes 1:3

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

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Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.

Romans 10:15
And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

Ephesians 4:28
Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

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Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Genesis 5:29
And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

Job 5:7
But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

Psalms 127:2
It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.

Isaiah 24:5
The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

Isaiah 24:6
For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.

Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

Romans 8:20
For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

Romans 8:21
That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.

Romans 8:22
For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

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1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

1 Samuel 17:8
He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

1 Samuel 17:49
And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.

1 Samuel 17:50
So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

1 Samuel 17:51
So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.

1 Samuel 31:4
Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

1 Samuel 31:5
And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.

2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.

2 Samuel 16:23
In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23
Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

2 Samuel 18:14
Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.

Psalms 119:96
I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

Ecclesiastes 7:20
There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

Matthew 5:18
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

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Job 7:2
As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:

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Psalms 39:5
You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Psalms 39:6
Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

Ecclesiastes 2:21
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 3:16
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Ecclesiastes 3:19
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

Ecclesiastes 6:11
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 9:11
And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Ecclesiastes 12:8
All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Ecclesiastes 12:14
God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

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Proverbs 11:29
The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

Isaiah 26:18
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

Hosea 8:7
For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

1 Corinthians 15:58
For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

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Job 1:21
With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

Proverbs 16:26
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

Proverbs 23:4
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

Proverbs 23:5
Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

Matthew 4:8
Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

1 Timothy 6:6
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:

1 Timothy 6:8
But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

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Ecclesiastes 4:15
I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

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Ecclesiastes 10:7
I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.

Ecclesiastes 11:2
Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they send it down on the earth; and if a tree comes down to the south, or the north, in whatever place it comes down, there it will be.

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Isaiah 57:10
You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.

Habakkuk 2:18
What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

Mark 8:37
And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

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Matthew 20:12
Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

1 Corinthians 15:8
And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.

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Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

Romans 3:1
How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?

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Hebrews 2:13
And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.

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