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Were it not better to eat and drink, and toil only at his own pleasures? These, too, come from God’s hand; (Ecclesiastes 2, 24)
For all this toiling of his, how is man the richer?✻ (Ecclesiastes 3, 9)
that gift at least God has granted him, to eat and drink and see his toil rewarded. (Ecclesiastes 3, 13)
I thought, too, of human toil and striving; how much it owed to man’s rivalry with his fellows! All was frustration and lost labour here. (Ecclesiastes 4, 4)
Here is one that works alone, partner nor son nor brother to aid him, yet still works on, never content with his bright hoard, never asking, as he toils and stints himself, who shall gain by it. Frustration and lost labour, here too. (Ecclesiastes 4, 8)
Ever be thy garments of white, ever let thy brow glisten with oil; (Ecclesiastes 9, 8)
Blunt tool that has grown dull from long disuse shall cost thee pains a many;✻if thou hadst been wise sooner, thou shouldst have toiled less.✻ (Ecclesiastes 10, 10)
nor the fragrance of rare perfumes match it for delight. Thy very name spoken soothes the heart like flow of oil; what wonder the maids should love thee? (Song of Solomon 1, 2)
Ah, but my shift, I have laid it by: how can I put it on again? My feet I washed but now; shall I soil them with the dust? (Song of Solomon 5, 3)
Their case is pitiable indeed, who make light of true wisdom and of ordered living; vain their hope, profitless their toil, barren their achievement. (Wisdom of Solomon 3, 11)
no toilsome quest is his, that is up betimes to greet her; she is there, waiting at his doors. (Wisdom of Solomon 6, 15)
those five cities whose shame is yet unforgotten, while smoke issues from the barren soil, and never tree bears seasonable fruit, and the pillar of salt stands monument to an unbelieving soul. (Wisdom of Solomon 10, 7)
