Ecclesiastes 5:16

Modern King James Version

And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?

Cross References

Proverbs 11:29

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit does he have who works in that in which he labors?

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.

Isaiah 26:18

We conceived; we have been in pain, we gave birth to wind. We have not brought about any salvation in the earth; nor have the people of the world fallen.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? And they who handle the Law did not know Me; the shepherds also rebelled against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things not profitable.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

Mark 8:36

For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.

1 Corinthians 16:16

See that you also submit to such ones, and to everyone working and laboring with me.

1 Samuel 12:21

And do not turn aside to go after vanities, which cannot profit nor deliver. For they are vain.