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?
General references
Bible References
A sore
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept and hoarded by their owner to his own misery.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?
What
1 Samuel 12:21
You must not turn away, for then you would go after futile things which cannot profit or rescue, because they are futile.
Jeremiah 2:8
“[Even] the priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who deal with the law [given to Moses] did not know Me.
The rulers and shepherds also transgressed against Me,
And the prophets prophesied by [the authority and in the name of] Baal
And walked after [idolatrous] things that did not benefit [them].
“[Even] the priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who deal with the law [given to Moses] did not know Me.
The rulers and shepherds also transgressed against Me,
And the prophets prophesied by [the authority and in the name of] Baal
And walked after [idolatrous] things that did not benefit [them].
Mark 8:36 For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul?
For
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he doesunder the sun (while earthbound)?
What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does
Proverbs 11:29
He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing),
And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.
He who troubles (mismanages) his own house will inherit the wind (nothing),
And the foolish will be a servant to the wise-hearted.
Isaiah 26:18
We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor;
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the worldborn.
We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor;
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world
Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.
For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.
John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures [and leads] to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for God the Father has authorized Him and put His seal on Him.”
General references
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?