Ecclesiastes 5:16
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?
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- Proverbs 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
- Mark 8:36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?