Ecclesiastes 2:22

New American Bible - revised edition

For what profit comes to mortals from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which they toil under the sun?

Cross References

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise early and put off your rest at night, To eat bread earned by hard toil— all this God gives to his beloved in sleep.

Proverbs 16:26

The appetite of workers works for them, for their mouths urge them on.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit have we from all the toil which we toil at under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I turned to all the works that my hands had wrought, and to the fruit of the toil for which I had toiled so much, see! all was vanity and a chase after wind. There is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit have workers from their toil?

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is one handful with tranquility than two with toil and a chase after wind! Companions and Successors.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

those all alone with no companion, with neither child nor sibling—with no end to all their toil, and no satisfaction from riches. For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things? This also is vanity and a bad business.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Here is what I see as good: It is appropriate to eat and drink and prosper from all the toil one toils at under the sun during the limited days of life God gives us; for this is our lot.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Therefore I praised joy, because there is nothing better for mortals under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be joyful; this will accompany them in their toil through the limited days of life God gives them under the sun.

Matthew 16:26

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread;

Matthew 6:25

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:34

Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.

Luke 12:22

He said to [his] disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear.

Luke 12:29

As for you, do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not worry anymore.

1 Corinthians 16:16

be subordinate to such people and to everyone who works and toils with them.

Philippians 4:6

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

1 Timothy 6:8

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

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you.