Ecclesiastes 2:22

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Cross References

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

Proverbs 16:26

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:25

Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:34

Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.

Luke 12:22

He said to his talmidim, *Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:29

Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

1 Corinthians 16:16

that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

1 Timothy 6:8

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.