Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
What
1 Samuel 12:21
and turn ye not aside; for it would be after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
For
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Isaiah 26:18
We have been with child, we have been in travail, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought the deliverance of the land, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
John 6:27
Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
General references
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?