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Ecc 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

hath man		Ecc 1:3; Ecc 3:9; Ecc 5:10,11,17; Ecc 6:7,8; Ecc 8:15; Pro 16:26; 1Ti 6:8
and of the		Ecc 4:6,8; Psa 127:2; Mat 6:11,25,34; Mat 16:26; Luk 12:22,29; Phl 4:6; 1Pe 5:7

Correlating Passages

hath man

	Ecc 1:3	What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
	Ecc 3:9	What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
	Ecc 5:10	He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
	Ecc 5:11	When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
	Ecc 5:17	All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
	Ecc 6:7	All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
	Ecc 6:8	For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
	Ecc 8:15	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.
	Pro 16:26	He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
	1Ti 6:8	And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

and of the

	Ecc 4:6	Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 4:8	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.
	Psa 127:2	[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.
	Mat 6:11	Give us this day our daily bread.
	Mat 6:25	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?
	Mat 6:34	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.
	Mat 16:26	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?
	Luk 12:22	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.
	Luk 12:29	And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
	Phl 4:6	Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
	1Pe 5:7	Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 2:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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