Ecclesiastes 5:16
This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
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Cross references
- Proverbs 11:29 He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
- Mark 8:36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?