Ecclesiastes 2:22
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22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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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 1:3
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3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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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)
Psalm 127:2
King James Version
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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Psalm 127:2
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1 Peter 5:7
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7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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1 Peter 5:7
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1 Timothy 6:8
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8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
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1 Timothy 6:8
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8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.(A)
Philippians 4:6
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6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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Philippians 4:6
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6 Do not be anxious about anything,(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(B)
Matthew 6:34
King James Version
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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Matthew 6:34
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34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
King James Version
6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6
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6 Better one handful with tranquillity
than two handfuls with toil(A)
and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
King James Version
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
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9 What do workers gain from their toil?(A)
Matthew 16:26
King James Version
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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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?
Ecclesiastes 8:15
King James Version
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:7-8
King James Version
7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Ecclesiastes 6:7-8
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