Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 5:9; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclesiastes 10:10

Ecclesiastes 1:3

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Ecclesiastes 5:9

9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 7:12

12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.