Ecclesiastes 5:16
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“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?”Ecclesiastes 5:16
What Does Ecclesiastes 5:16 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 5, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 5:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 1:3“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”Proverbs 11:29“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.”Ecclesiastes 3:9“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”Mark 8:36“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”Ecclesiastes 5:13“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”Hosea 8:7“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.”John 6:27“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”1 Samuel 12:21“And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.”Ecclesiastes 2:22“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”Ecclesiastes 7:15“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”Ecclesiastes 8:12“Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:”Isaiah 26:18“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 earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.”Jeremiah 2:8“The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.”Ecclesiastes 6:2“A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.”
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