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Ecclesiastes 2:22

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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:20

    Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:21

    For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  3. Ecclesiastes 2:23

    For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

  4. Ecclesiastes 2:24

    There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

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