Ecclesiastes 3:9

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 3:9 point to?

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1. Ecclesiastes 1:37 votes

   What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

2. Proverbs 14:235 votes

   There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

3. Ecclesiastes 5:165 votes

   This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

4. Ecclesiastes 2:113 votes

   Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

5. Ecclesiastes 2:22–233 votes

   For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

6. Matthew 16:263 votes

   What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 3:9?

Ranked by reader votes.

• John 7:6 46
• Ecclesiastes 1:3 11
• Ecclesiastes 2:22 4
• Exodus 9:5 2