Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes 2:20; Ecclesiastes 2:22; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Ecclesiastes 5:15; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Ecclesiastes 10:15

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Ecclesiastes 1:3

3 What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:10

10 All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11

11 Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18

18 Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19

19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:20

20 Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:22

22 For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:24

24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
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Ecclesiastes 3:13

13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor -it is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4

4 I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6

6 One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8

8 There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
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Ecclesiastes 4:9

9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15

15 As he had come naked from his mother's womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18

18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
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Ecclesiastes 5:19

19 Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7

7 All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15

15 So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9

9 Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun ; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 10:15

15 The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
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