Ecclesiastes 3:9

New International Reader's Version

What do workers get for their hard work?

Cross References

Proverbs 14:23

All hard work pays off. But if all you do is talk, you will be poor.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people get for all their work? Why do they work so hard on this earth?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked over everything my hands had done. I saw what I had worked so hard to get. And nothing had any meaning. It was like chasing the wind. Nothing was gained on this earth.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

Here’s something else that is very evil. Everyone is born, and everyone dies. And what do they get for their work? Nothing. It’s like working for the wind.

Matthew 16:26

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? Or what can anyone trade for their soul?

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the lead of people like them. Follow everyone who joins in the task and works hard at it.