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Ecclesiastes 1:3
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Ecclesiastes 1:3
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- Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
Ecclesiastes 1:3
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Ecclesiastes 1:3
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3 What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:9
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
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9 What do workers gain from their toil?(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:16
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Ecclesiastes 5:16
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16 And this also is a severe evil—
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And (A)what profit has he (B)who has labored for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:16
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Ecclesiastes 5:16
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16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:22
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
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22 (A)For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
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22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was (A)vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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John 6:27
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John 6:27
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27 (A)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but (B)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, (C)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”
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John 6:27
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John 6:27
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27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(A) to eternal life,(B) which the Son of Man(C) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(D) of approval.”
Mark 8:36-37
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Mark 8:36-37
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36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Mark 8:36-37
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Mark 8:36-37
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36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Proverbs 23:4-5
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Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 (A)Do not overwork to be rich;
(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!
5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
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- Proverbs 23:5 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
Proverbs 23:4-5
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Proverbs 23:4-5
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Saying 8
Matthew 16:26
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Matthew 16:26
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26 For what (A)profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or (B)what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Matthew 16:26
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Matthew 16:26
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26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Isaiah 55:2
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Isaiah 55:2
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2 Why do you [a]spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
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- Isaiah 55:2 Lit. weigh out silver
Isaiah 55:2
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Isaiah 55:2
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
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19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(A) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
Habakkuk 2:13
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Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts
That the peoples labor [a]to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
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- Habakkuk 2:13 Lit. for what satisfies fire, for what is of no lasting value
Habakkuk 2:13
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Habakkuk 2:13
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Ecclesiastes 9:13
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Ecclesiastes 9:13
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Wisdom Superior to Folly
13 This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
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Ecclesiastes 9:13
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Ecclesiastes 9:13
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Wisdom Better Than Folly
13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom(A) that greatly impressed me:
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