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And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.(Ecclesiastes 2:19)
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.(Ecclesiastes 2:20)
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.(Ecclesiastes 2:21)
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.(Ecclesiastes 2:23)
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.(Ecclesiastes 2:24)
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?(Ecclesiastes 2:25)

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Ecclesiastes 2:22 - Cross Reference

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. (Luke 12:29)
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? (Matthew 6:25)
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Matthew 6:34)
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. (Psalm 127:2)
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Philippians 4:6)
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 4:6)
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. (Ecclesiastes 4:8)
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. (Ecclesiastes 5:17)
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 1:3)
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (Ecclesiastes 3:9)
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. (Ecclesiastes 5:10)
Give us this day our daily bread. (Matthew 6:11)
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. (1 Timothy 6:8)
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:7)
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26)
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. (Ecclesiastes 6:7)
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. (Luke 12:22)
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. (Proverbs 16:26)
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8:15)