Ecclesiastes 5:16

American Standard Version 2015

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

Proverbs 11:29

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;\par\tab And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

John 6:27

Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, {\i even} God, hath sealed.}

Mark 8:36

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.\par

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.\par

Isaiah 26:18

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, {\i namely}, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

1 Samuel 12:21

and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

1 Corinthians 16:16

that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.\par

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?