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For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 2, 22)
What more does a man have from his labor? (Ecclesiastes 3, 9)
For this is a gift from God: when each man eats and drinks, and sees the good results of his labor. (Ecclesiastes 3, 13)
He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: “For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?” In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction. (Ecclesiastes 4, 8)
And so, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion. (Ecclesiastes 5, 17)
Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled. (Ecclesiastes 6, 7)
And so, I praised rejoicing, because there was no good for a man under the sun, except to eat and drink, and to be cheerful, and because he may take nothing with him from his labor in the days of his life, which God has given to him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8, 15)
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 9, 9)
If the iron is dull, and if it was not that way before, but has been made dull by much labor, then it will be sharpened. And wisdom will follow after diligence. (Ecclesiastes 10, 10)
Whoever awakens early to seek her, will not labor, for he will find her sitting at his door. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 15)
And we assess with difficulty the things that are of earth, and we discover with labor the things that are within our view. So who will search out the things that are in heaven? (Wisdom of Solomon 9, 16)
For the skillful planning of evil men has not led us into error, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labor, an image having been sculpted through the use of diverse colors, (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 4)