Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
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Cross references
- Proverbs 11:29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
- Mark 8:36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?