Ecclesiastes 5:16

This is a miserable plague, that he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth him then, that he hath labored in the wind?

Proverbs 11:29

Whoso maketh disquietness in his own house, he shall have wind for his heritage; and the fool shall be servant to the wise.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

1 Samuel 12:21

Neither turn ye after vain things which can not deliver you, for they are but vanities.

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23

For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,

Ecclesiastes 5:13

Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.

Isaiah 26:18

We have been with child, and suffered pain as though we had brought forth wind. For there is no salvation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the world submit them selves.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests themselves said not once, 'Where is the LORD?' They that have the law in their hands, know me not: The shepherds offend against me. The Prophets do service unto Baal, and follow such things as shall bring them no profit.

Hosea 8:7

They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.

Mark 8:36

What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."

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Summary

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

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Bible References

A sore

Ecclesiastes 5:13
Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,

What

1 Samuel 12:21
Neither turn ye after vain things which can not deliver you, for they are but vanities.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests themselves said not once, 'Where is the LORD?' They that have the law in their hands, know me not: The shepherds offend against me. The Prophets do service unto Baal, and follow such things as shall bring them no profit.
Mark 8:36
What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?

For

Ecclesiastes 1:3
For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?
Proverbs 11:29
Whoso maketh disquietness in his own house, he shall have wind for his heritage; and the fool shall be servant to the wise.
Isaiah 26:18
We have been with child, and suffered pain as though we had brought forth wind. For there is no salvation in the earth, neither do the inhabiters of the world submit them selves.
Hosea 8:7
They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.
John 6:27
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:9
What else hath a man that doth anything, but weariness and labour?