Ecclesiastes 5:16 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz

¹⁶ (5:15) And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?

²¹ and turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

³ What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?

²² For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun? ²³ For all his days are pains, and his occupation vexation; yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. This also is vanity.

¹³ (5:12) There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt;

¹⁸ We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the land; neither are the inhabitants of the world come to life.

⁸ The priests said not: 'Where is the LORD?' And they that handle the law knew Me not, and the rulers transgressed against Me; the prophets also prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

⁷ For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; it hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

²⁷ Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you; for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.