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 1:3
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
Psalm 127:2
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2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To (A)eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.
1 Peter 5:7
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7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
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1 Timothy 6:8
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8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be (A)content.
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Philippians 4:6
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6 (A)Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with (B)thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
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Matthew 6:34
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34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6
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6 (A)Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
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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 6:11
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11 Give us this day our (A)daily bread.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 (A)So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7-8
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7 (A)All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.
8 For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 5:17
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17 All his days (A)he also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-11
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10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.
11 When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?
Ecclesiastes 4:8
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8 There is one alone, without [a]companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his (A)eye satisfied with riches.
But (B)he never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of (C)good?”
This also is vanity and a [b]grave misfortune.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 Lit. a second
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 Lit. evil task
Luke 12:29
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29 “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.
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Luke 12:22
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Do Not Worry(A)
22 Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, (B)do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.
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Matthew 6:25
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Do Not Worry(A)
25 “Therefore I say to you, (B)do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 The person who labors, labors for himself,
For his hungry mouth drives (A)him on.
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