Ecclesiastes 1:3 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 3 What profit does a man* have in all his hard work at which he works+ hard under the sun?*+ Ecclesiastes 2:17 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 17 And I hated life,+ because the work that has been done under the sun was calamitous from my standpoint,+ for everything was vanity and a striving after wind.+ Matthew 16:26 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 26 For what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul?+ or what will a man give in exchange+ for his soul? 1 Timothy 6:7 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 7 For we have brought nothing into the world, and neither can we carry anything out.+
17 And I hated life,+ because the work that has been done under the sun was calamitous from my standpoint,+ for everything was vanity and a striving after wind.+
26 For what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul?+ or what will a man give in exchange+ for his soul?