9 What does the worker gain from his toil?
Ecclesiastes 3:9
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Ecclesiastes 1:2–4
2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” 3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 2:21–23
21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil. 22 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the su…
Mark 8:36–38
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1 Corinthians 9:6–8
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Job 27:8–10
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Jeremiah 2:13–15
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1 Corinthians 15:29–31
29 If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And why do we endanger ourselves every hour? 31 I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in C…
Sirach 18:7–9
7 When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed. (WEB) 8 What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil? (WEB) 9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years. (WEB)
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