7 Bible Verses about Toiling In Vain

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”

“They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns,
They have strained themselves to no profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?