Ecclesiastes 5:16

New Century Version

This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing the wind?

Cross References

Proverbs 11:29

Whoever brings trouble to his family will be left with nothing but the wind. A fool will be a servant to the wise.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What do people really gain from all the hard work they do here on earth?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at what I had done, and I thought about all the hard work. Suddenly I realized it was useless, like chasing the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do here on earth.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

Do people really gain anything from their work?

Ecclesiastes 5:13

I have seen real misery here on earth: Money saved is a curse to its owners.

Isaiah 26:18

In the same way, we had pain. We gave birth, but only to wind. We don’t bring salvation to the land or make new people for the world.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the teachings didn’t know me. The leaders turned against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

Hosea 8:7

“Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind, but they will harvest a storm. Like a stalk with no head of grain, it produces nothing. Even if it produced something, other nations would eat it.

Mark 8:36

It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls.

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these and anyone else who works and serves with them.

1 Samuel 12:21

Idols are of no use, so don’t worship them. They can’t help you or save you. They are useless!