For unto whomsoever God giveth riches, goods and power, he giveth it him to enjoy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refreshed of his labour: this is now the gift of God.

And I gave you a land in which ye did not labor, and cities which you built not, and ye dwelt in them. And vines, and olive trees which ye planted not, and ye ate of them.

Whoso is slothful and slack in his labor, is the brother of him that is a waster.

For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

applied my mind to seek out and search for the knowledge of all things that are done under heaven. Such travail and labor hath God given to the children of men, to exercise themselves therein.

For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,

For all that a man eateth and drinketh, yea whatsoever a man enjoyeth of all his labor, the same is a gift of God.

"One handful," sayeth he, "is better with rest, than both the hands full with labor and travail."

Use thy self to live joyfully with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life which is but vanity, that God hath given thee under the Sun; all the days of thy vanity. For that is thy portion in this life, of all thy labor and travail that thou takest under the Sun.

And why care ye then for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They labor not, neither spin:

Come unto me all ye that labor, and are laden, and I will ease you.

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They labor not. They spin not. And yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all this royalty was not clothed like to one of these.

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor. Other men laboured; And ye are entered into their labors."

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."