Ecclesiastes 2:22

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

For what was to man in all his labor, and in the striving of his heart, he labored under the sun?

Cross References

Psalm 127:2

In vain for you rising early to arise from after sitting; eating the bread of toils: so will he give to his beloved sleep.

Proverbs 16:26

The soul of him laboring, labored for himself; for his mouth urged upon him.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What the profit to a man in all the labor he will labor under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

And I looked upon all my works my hands made, and upon the labor I labored to do, and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit, and no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What the excellence of him working in what he labored?

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Good a hand filled with rest, above two hands full of labor and striving of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and not a second; also a son and brother not to him: and no end to all his labor; also his eye shall not be satisfied with riches: and for whom do I labor and diminish my soul from good? Also this is vanity, and it is an evil labor.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Also all his days in darkness shall he eat, and much vexation and his sickness and his anger.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

And I praised joy, because there is no good to man under the sun but to eat and to drink, and to rejoice: for this shall lodge with him in his labor the days of his life which God gave to him under the sun.

Matthew 16:26

For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our bread sufficient for sustenance.

Matthew 6:25

For this I say to you, Be not anxious about your soul, what ye eat, and what ye drink; nor about your body, what ye put on. Is not the soul more than food, and the body than dress?

Matthew 6:34

Therefore should ye not be anxious about the morrow: for the morrow shall be anxious about the things of itself. Sufficient for the day its evil.

Luke 12:22

And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Have no anxiety for your soul, what ye eat; nor for the body what ye put on.

Luke 12:29

And ye, seek ye not what ye eat, or what ye drink, and keep not in anxiety.

1 Corinthians 16:16

That also ye be subjected to such, and to every one cooperating, and to the wearied.

Philippians 4:6

Rave anxiety about nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with gratitude let your desires be made known to God.

1 Timothy 6:8

And having sustenance and covering, with these let us be contented.

1 Peter 5:7

Having cast all your care upon him; for to him is the care for you.