Ecc 1:3 What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
Ecc 2:11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecc 2:13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

Ecc 3:9 What gain has the worker from his toil?
Ecc 5:9 But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

Ecc 5:16 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?
Ecc 7:12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Ecc 10:10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,
he must use more strength,
but wisdom helps one to succeed.
Ecc 10:11 If the serpent bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.
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