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Ecclesiastes 1:3
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Ecclesiastes 1:3
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3 What do people gain from all the toil
at which they toil under the sun?(A)
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 This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?(A)
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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 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?(A)
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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 considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.(A)
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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 Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”(A)
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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 them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37 Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?
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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 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
be wise enough to desist.(A)
5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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 will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
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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 spend your money for that which is not bread
and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.(A)
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 foolish? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom 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 Is it not from the Lord of hosts
that peoples labor only to feed the flames
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
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 I have also seen this example of wisdom 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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