Ecclesiastes 1:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

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

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What do we really gain from all our hard work?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What do we gain by all our hard work?

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.”

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Once again I saw that nothing on earth makes sense.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

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

Ecclesiastes 5:18

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

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 7:11

Having wisdom is better than an inheritance.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Once I saw what people really think of wisdom.

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 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.

Isaiah 55:2

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

Habakkuk 2:13

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

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?

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?

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.”

1 Corinthians 16:16

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