Ecclesiastes 5:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

It is very sad that people leave the world just as they came. So what does a person gain from “trying to catch the wind”?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life?

Proverbs 11:29

Those who cause trouble for their families will inherit nothing but the wind. A foolish person will end up as a servant to one who is wise.

John 6:27

But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good and gives you eternal life. The Son of Man will give you that food. He is the only one qualified by God the Father to give it to you.”

Mark 8:36

It is worth nothing for you to have the whole world if you yourself are lost.

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites did a foolish thing—it was like trying to plant the wind. But they will get only troubles—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow, but it will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the law did not want to know me. The leaders of the people of Israel turned against me. The prophets spoke in the name of the false god Baal. They worshiped worthless idols.”

Isaiah 26:18

But we struggled in pain for nothing. We gave birth only to wind. We did nothing to save the land. No one was born to live in the world.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a very sad thing that I have seen happen in this life. People save their money for the future.

1 Samuel 12:21

Idols are only statues—they can’t help you. So don’t worship them. Idols can’t help you or save you. They are nothing!

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these and others who work hard and serve together with them.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at everything I had done and the wealth I had gained. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do in this life.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

Do people really gain anything from their hard work?