Ecclesiastes 1:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

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?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

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

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after thatto the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

Habakkuk 2:13

See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

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?

Matthew 16:26

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

John 6:27

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

1 Corinthians 16:16

That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.