7 Bible Verses about Toiling In Vain

I fear for you, that I have labored for you to no purpose (and failed).

What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?

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?

This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled, and its high gates will be set on fire. People exhaust themselves for nothing. The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.

My people planted wheat. They gathered weeds! They worked hard and got nothing for it. Because of my fierce anger their crops have failed.

There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?