Ecclesiastes 1:3

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I faced on all my works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do. And, behold, all is vanity and striving after wind, and there is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Yea, I hated all my labor which I did under the sun, a laborer, that I must leave it to the man who will be after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows if he will be wise or a fool? Yet he shall rule among all my labor in which I labored, and acted wisely under the sun. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what is there for man in all his labor, and in striving of his heart, which he did as a laborer under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What advantage is to him who works in that which he did as a laborer.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yea, better than both of them is that one who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

And I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is an evil thing which makes one to be sick, that in all, as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is to him who has labored for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen: It is good, it is beautiful, to eat and to drink and to see good in all his labor that the laborer does under the sun, the number of the days of his life which God gives to him, for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his life of vanity? Even he makes them like the shadow. For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance; yea, an advantage to those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom I saw also under the sun, and it is great to me:

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil event among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil purpose, and madness is in their heart while they are alive, and after that they go to those who died.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has now perished; and not there is a portion for them any more forever in all that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you weigh out silver for that which is not bread, and your labor for what is not to satisfaction? Listening, listen to Me and eat the good; and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire, and nations grow weary for emptiness?

Habakkuk 2:18

What does an image profit, for its former has carved it; a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood? For does the former trust in his work on it, to make mute idols?

Matthew 16:26

For what will a man be benefited if he should gain the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?

John 6:27

Do not work for the food, the one perishing, but for the food, the one enduring to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for God the Father sealed Him.

1 Corinthians 16:16

See that you also may submit to such ones, and to everyone working and laboring with us.