What Bible verse is this?
By SinfulRose
@SinfulRose (3527)
Davao, Philippines
May 9, 2012 11:01pm CST
Hello, fellow MyLot users!
It's been a while, I know. Sadly, I'm only staying for just a few minutes...
You see, I need some help. I found this certain verse some time ago and I decided to jot it down. I only got to retain what the verse was but not where in the Bible do I find it. I've been looking for hours now and I still can't find it.
"Why work when you worry that you will lose what you gain when you rest, only to find that you lost it?"
You see, I need some help. I found this certain verse some time ago and I decided to jot it down. I only got to retain what the verse was but not where in the Bible do I find it. I've been looking for hours now and I still can't find it.
"Why work when you worry that you will lose what you gain when you rest, only to find that you lost it?"1 person likes this
5 responses
@Firestorm0122 (735)
• United States
10 May 12
Can you tell me what Bible version this verse came from? It'll make easier to track it down.
@Firestorm0122 (735)
• United States
10 May 12
*rubs chin* I've run a search on the New American Bible online, and the closest thing I can find to it is Ecclesiastes. Maybe start there at chapter 1 and work your way through? Also perhaps Gideon, Romans, and a few other places such as Proverbs.
I wish I had the New American Bible. All I have is the King James Version. Doesn't look like there is an update of Bibles on the web either. It would make the search much quicker.
@shattered (1728)
• Philippines
18 May 12
I agree with Firestorm0122 - It would appear that the verse comes from Ecclesiastes. It sounds like Solomon so it might also be from Proverbs, maybe even Psalms, but my guess would be with Ecclesiastes.
I know my response is a little late so maybe I'll check the answers below if I am right
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
10 May 12
This is reminiscent of:
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36)
but I have a feeling that the quotation you are looking for comes from Psalms or Ecclesiastes. I am still looking!
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
10 May 12
Ecclesiastes does, indeed, have a great deal to say about the pointlessness of work:
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:10-12
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on? The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
Neither of these express quite the same thing as your paraphrase but they are all very much in the same vein. Try reading through Ecclesiastes.
I am also reminded of Psalm 127:
[i]Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.[/i]
@shattered (1728)
• Philippines
18 May 12
The verse really sounds like Solomon maybe even David, so My guess would be with Owlwings... Ecclesiastes and Proverbs. 
@SinfulRose (3527)
• Davao, Philippines
21 May 12
Thanks, Owlwings!
Let me see if I can start from Mark and go my way around the old testament verses that sounded almost similar to that one.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
11 May 12
Hi SinfulRose, There are so many versions of the Bible today that I can't keep up with all of them. The words don't sound familiar to me, but than I usually read the KJV as that's what I grew up with. Although those exact words aren't there, Jesus had a lot to say about worry in the sermon on the mount. Check out Matt.6:25-34. Sorry I can't help you anymore. Blessings.
@SinfulRose (3527)
• Davao, Philippines
21 May 12
I'll look into Matthew but I think I really found those verses in the old testament.
Many of the verses in the Bible really sound the same!
Thanks for the help too!
Many of the verses in the Bible really sound the same!
Thanks for the help too!
@cowboyofhell (3063)
• Philippines
16 May 12
The verse's message seems to be that worrying is a habit which needs getting rid of. While looking for another unrelated verse I chanced upon Ecclesiastes 3:9 "What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?" At first I didn't believe it is the one that you were looking for. Only when I continued to Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 that I learned the lesson the question tried to impart which is to stay happy (and not worry consequently) when on labour or toil in the NIV version's case. Get your bible and see for yourself. Here are other translations for the verse.
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ecclesiastes-3-9/
@SinfulRose (3527)
• Davao, Philippines
10 May 12
I want to look for that verse in the Bible. I just remembered that certain verse but not "where" in the Bible.
