Ecclesiastes 1:3

Legacy Standard Bible

¶What advantage does man have in all his labor In which he labors under the sun?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Thus I turned to all my works which my hands had done and the labor which I had labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and striving after wind, and there was no advantage under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get in all his labor and in the striving of his heart with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What advantage is there to the worker from that in which he labors?

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better off than both of them is the one who never has been, who has never seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I looked again at vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a sickening evil—exactly as a man came, so will he go. So what is the advantage to him who labors for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Here is what I have seen to be good, which is beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few days of his vain life? He will make do with them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom along with an inheritance is good And an advantage to those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will never again have a portion in all that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 55:2

“Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight your soul in richness.

Habakkuk 2:13

“Is it not, behold, from Yahweh of hosts That peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing?

Habakkuk 2:18

¶“What profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it, Or a molten image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own making When he fashions speechless idols.

Matthew 16:26

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

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, set His seal.”

1 Corinthians 16:16

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