Ecclesiastes 2:22

The Scriptures 1998

For what does a man get for all his labour and strain of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?

Cross References

Psalm 127:2

In vain do you rise up early, To sit up late, to eat the bread of toil; So He gives His beloved sleep.

Proverbs 16:26

He who labours, labours for himself, For his mouth drives him on.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What does man gain from all his labour in which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labour in which I had toiled, see, all was futile and feeding on wind, and there was no gain under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What does the worker gain from his toil?

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a hand filled with rest than both hands filled with toil and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, without a second, who has neither son nor brother. And there is no end to all his labours. His eye also is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving myself of good?” That too is futility, and an evil task.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days he also eats in darkness, and with much sorrow and sickness and wrath.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Therefore I praised enjoyment, because there is no good to man except to eat, and to drink, and to rejoice – and it remains with him in his labour for the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.

Matthew 16:26

“For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 6:11

‘Give us today our daily bread.

Matthew 6:25

“Because of this I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you shall eat or drink, or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than the food and the body more than the clothing?

Matthew 6:34

“Do not, then, worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow shall have its own worries. Each day has enough evil of itself.

Luke 12:22

And He said to His taught ones, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you shall eat; nor about the body, what you shall put on.

Luke 12:29

“And do not seek what you shall eat or what you shall drink, and do not keep worrying.

1 Corinthians 16:16

that you also be subject to such, and to everyone who works and labours with us.

Philippians 4:6

Do not worry at all, but in every matter, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to Elohim.

1 Timothy 6:8

When we have food and covering, we shall be satisfied with these.

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your worry upon Him, for He is concerned about you.