Proverbs 14:23

23In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk atends only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

3 bWhat cdoes man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

11Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was dvanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing eto be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

22What has a man from fall the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23For gall his days are full of sorrow, and his hwork is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

16This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what igain is there to him who jtoils for the wind?

Matthew 16:26

26For kwhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or lwhat shall a man give in return for his soul?
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