Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
Job 5:6
For affliction doesn’t come out of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
Job 14:1
“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Job 21:17
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
Psalms 90:7
For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.
Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Psalms 90:9
For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
John 16:33
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
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2 Samuel 9:7
David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”
2 Samuel 9:8
He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
2 Samuel 9:9
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son.
2 Samuel 9:10
Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Daniel 2:48
Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
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1 Kings 9:19
all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 8:6
and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
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Nehemiah 6:6
in which was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel. Because of that, you are building the wall. You would be their king, according to these words.
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Esther 5:11
Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 8:1
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
Job 27:17
he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.
Psalms 37:34
Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Psalms 49:17
for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
Psalms 49:18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—
Psalms 49:19
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
Psalms 52:5
God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Psalms 52:6
The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 52:7
“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
Proverbs 11:4
Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Jeremiah 17:11
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
Daniel 5:28
PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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Proverbs 10:22
Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.
Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
Proverbs 23:4
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Proverbs 23:5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Matthew 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.
John 6:27
Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.
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Psalms 128:2
For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 4:14
For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity, for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
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Psalms 89:48
What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
Ecclesiastes 3:19
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals, for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 7:10
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
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Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
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Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Habakkuk 2:18
“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
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Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:34
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Luke 12:22
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Luke 12:29
“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
1 Peter 5:7
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
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Mark 8:36
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
Mark 8:37
For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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Luke 12:20
“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
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