Ecclesiastes 5:16
This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind.
Proverbs 11:29
He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind. The fool will serve the wise of heart.
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?
1 Samuel 12:21
Do not go after false gods and empty things. They cannot help you or save you. They are useless.
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
What does a man get for all his work, and for the desire of his heart with which he has done his work under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 5:13
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun. I have seen riches being hoarded by their owner to his downfall (distress).
Isaiah 26:18
We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth. We have not given birth to people of the world.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask: 'Where is Jehovah? Those who deal with my Law did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and followed things that could not help (profit) them.'
Hosea 8:7
The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that does not ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
Mark 8:36
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.