Ecclesiastes 2:22

Modern English Version

What becomes a man for all his labor and striving in his heart with which he toils under the sun?

Cross References

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrowful toil; for so He gives His beloved sleep.

Proverbs 16:26

The appetite of a laborer works for him; his hunger urges him on.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What benefit is there to a person in all his labors at which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I turned to all the work that my hands had done, and all the labor in which I had toiled doing it; and again, all of it was vanity and chasing the wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What benefit does the worker have in his toil?

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a full hand of quietness than handfuls of toil and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person who is alone, having neither son nor brother; there is not an end to all his toil, and his eyes are not satisfied with riches. He asks, “For whom do I labor and cause my life to lack good things?” This also is vanity and a burdensome task.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Moreover, in all his days he eats in darkness, while he is greatly irritated in sickness and anger.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commend enjoyment, because there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat and drink and enjoy life, for enjoyment will go with a person in his toil all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

Matthew 16:26

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

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore, I say to you, take no thought about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body than clothing?

Matthew 6:34

Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.

Luke 12:22

Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor for your body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor be of an anxious mind.

1 Corinthians 16:16

that you submit yourselves to such people, and to everyone who helps and labors with us.

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God.

1 Timothy 6:8

If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with these things.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.