Ecclesiastes 3:9

Easy To Read Version

Does a person really gain anything from his hard work? \{No!\}

Cross References

Proverbs 14:23

If you work hard, then you will have the things you need. But if you do nothing but talk, then you will be poor.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life? {\cf2\super [2]} \{No!\}

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at all the things I had done. I thought about all the hard work I did. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [8]} There is nothing to gain from all the things we do in this life.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

That is very sad. He will leave the world the same way he came. So, what does a person gain from his “trying to catch the wind”?

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these, and any other person that works and serves with them.