Ecclesiastes 2:22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts  that he labours at under the sun?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labours at under the sun?

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.

1 Timothy 6:8

If we have food and clothing,  we will be content with these.

Philippians 4:6

Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Matthew 6:34

Therefore don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble   of its own.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful with rest than two handfuls with effort and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What does the worker gain from his struggles?

Matthew 16:26

For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,  for this will accompany him in his labour during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days,  with much frustration, sickness, and anger.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion,  without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.  ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.

Luke 12:29

Don’t strive for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious.

Luke 12:22

Then he said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you,   don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.

Matthew 6:25

‘Therefore I tell you:   Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger  urges him on.

1 Corinthians 16:16

also to submit to such people, and to everyone who works and labours with them.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

When I considered all that I had accomplished  and what I had laboured to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.  , There was nothing to be gained under the sun.