Ecclesiastes 1:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

What is there to show for all of our hard work here on this earth?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What do we gain by all our hard work?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

That's terribly unfair. They leave the world just as they came. They gained nothing from running after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What do we really gain from all of our hard work?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I thought about everything I had done, including the hard work, and it was simply chasing the wind. Nothing on earth is worth the trouble.

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Isaiah 55:2

Why waste your money on what really isn't food? Why work hard for something that doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and you will enjoy the very best foods.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.

Habakkuk 2:13

But the Lord All-Powerful sends up in flames what nations and people work so hard to gain.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Once I saw what people really think of wisdom, and it made an impression on me.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their loves, their hates, and their jealous feelings have all disappeared with them. They will never again take part in anything that happens on this earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Having wisdom is better than an inheritance.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

What is the best thing to do in the short life God has given us? I think we should enjoy eating, drinking, and working hard. This is what God intends for us to do.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But those who have never been born are better off than anyone else, because they have never seen the terrible things that happen on this earth.”

Habakkuk 2:18

What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands?

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Once again I saw that nothing on earth makes sense.

1 Corinthians 16:16

to obey leaders like them and to do the same for all others who work hard with you.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Suddenly I realized that others would someday get everything I had worked for so hard, then I started hating it all.