Verse 16

And this{H2090} also is a grievous{H2470} evil,{H7451} that in all points{H5980} as he came,{H935} so shall he go:{H3212} and what profit{H3504} hath he that he laboreth{H5998} for the wind?{H7307}

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:29 : 29 He that troubleth{H5916} his own house{H1004} shall inherit{H5157} the wind;{H7307} And the foolish{H191} shall be servant{H5650} to the wise{H2450} of heart.{H3820}
• Eccl 1:3 : 3 What profit{H3504} hath man{H120} of all his labor{H5999} wherein he laboreth{H5998} under the sun?{H8121}
• Eccl 2:22-23 : 22 For what hath{H1933} a man{H120} of all his labor,{H5999} and of the striving{H7475} of his heart,{H3820} wherein{H1931} he laboreth{H6001} under the sun?{H8121} 23 For all his days{H3117} are [but] sorrows,{H4341} and his travail{H6045} is grief;{H3708} yea, even in the night{H3915} his heart{H3820} taketh no rest.{H7901} This also is vanity.{H1892}
• Eccl 5:13 : 13 There is{H3426} a grievous{H2470} evil{H7451} which I have seen{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} [namely], riches{H6239} kept{H8104} by the owner{H1167} thereof to his hurt:{H7451}
• Isa 26:18 : 18 We have been with child,{H2029} we have been in pain,{H2342} we have as it were{H3644} brought forth{H3205} wind;{H7307} we have not wrought{H6213} any deliverance{H3444} in the earth;{H776} neither{H1077} have the inhabitants{H3427} of the world{H8398} fallen.{H5307}
• Jer 2:8 : 8 The priests{H3548} said{H559} not, Where is Jehovah?{H3068} and they that handle{H8610} the law{H8451} knew{H3045} me not: the rulers{H7462} also transgressed{H6586} against me, and the prophets{H5030} prophesied{H5012} by Baal,{H1168} and walked{H1980} after{H310} things that do not profit.{H3276}
• Hos 8:7 : 7 For they sow{H2232} the wind,{H7307} and they shall reap{H7114} the whirlwind:{H5492} he hath no standing{H7054} grain; the blade{H6780} shall yield{H6213} no meal;{H7058} if{H194} so be it yield,{H6213} strangers{H2114} shall swallow it up.{H1104}
• Mark 8:36 : 36 For{G1063} what{G5101} doth it profit{G5623} a man,{G444} to{G1437} gain{G2770} the{G2889} whole{G3650} world,{G2889} and{G2532} forfeit{G2210} his{G846} life?{G5590}
• John 6:27 : 27 Work{G2038} not{G3361} for the food{G1035} which perisheth,{G622} but{G235} for the food{G1035} which abideth{G3306} unto{G1519} eternal{G166} life,{G2222} which{G3739} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} shall give{G1325} unto you:{G5213} for{G1063} him{G5126} the Father,{G3962} even God,{G2316} hath{G4972} sealed.{G4972}
• 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 and turn ye not aside;{H5493} for [then would ye go] after{H310} vain{H8414} things which cannot profit{H3276} nor deliver,{H5337} for they are vain.{H8414}