What advantage [is there] to a man in all his labor that he takes under the sun?

What advantage [has] he that works in those things in which he labors?

He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof. This also is vanity.

In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it, and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes?

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

All the labor of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.

For [what] advantage has the wise man over the fool, since [even] the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?

Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry. And this shall attend him in his labor all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.

But having food and clothing, with these things we shall be content.

Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and grasping for the wind.

There is one [alone], and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth. And for whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

It is vain for you to rise early; you rise up after resting, you that eat the bread of grief; while He gives sleep to His beloved.

Give us today our daily bread.

"Because of this I say to you, do not worry [about] your life--what you shall eat, or what you shall drink--nor [about] your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food and the body [more than] clothing?

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own affairs. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give [as] an exchange for his soul?

Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will wear.

And do not seek what you may eat or what you may drink, and do not be anxious.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition, along with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares about you.