Ecclesiastes 3:9

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Do people really gain anything from their hard work?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

It is very sad that people leave the world just as they came. So what does a person gain from “trying to catch the wind”?

Proverbs 14:23

If you work hard, you will have plenty. If you do nothing but talk, you will not have enough.

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are lost. You could never pay enough to buy back your life.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at everything I had done and the wealth I had gained. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do in this life.

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these and others who work hard and serve together with them.