Verse 16

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?

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:29 : 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
• Eccl 1:3 : 3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
• Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? 23 For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
• Eccl 5:13 : 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
• Isa 26:18 : 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.
• Jer 2:8 : 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.
• Hos 8:7 : 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.
• Mark 8:36 : 36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
• John 6:27 : 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, even God, hath sealed.
• 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 and turn ye not aside; for [then would ye go] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.