Ecclesiastes 3:9

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.

He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.

For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.

Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Behold, they are like stubble. The fire will burn them. They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame. It won’t be a coal to warm at or a fire to sit by.

The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed things that do not profit.

But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.” So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers.

They will cast their silver in the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold won’t be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath. They won’t satisfy their souls or fill their bellies; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says Yahweh.

Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

Give us today our daily bread.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.