Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 (A)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.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
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22 (A)For what profit comes to mortals from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which they toil under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
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9 (A)What profit have workers from their toil?
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Ecclesiastes 5:15
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15 This too is a grievous evil, that they go just as they came. What then does it profit them to toil for the wind?
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