Ecclesiastes 1:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What hath man more of his labour?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

John 6:27

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.

Matthew 16:26

For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which doth not satisfy you? Hearken diligently to me and eat that which is good: and your soul shall be delighted in fatness.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?

Habakkuk 2:13

Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy are all perished, neither have they any part in this world, and in the work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun.

Habakkuk 2:18

What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

1 Corinthians 16:16

That you also be subject to such, and to every one that worketh with us, and laboureth.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,