Ecclesiastes 5:16 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:16

16: And this, too, is a very serious problem. As people come into this world, so they depart. All their hard work is for nothing. They have been working for the wind, and everything will be swept away.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

  1. What do people get for all their hard work?

Proverbs 11:29

  1. Those who bring trouble on their families inherit only the wind. The fool will be a servant to the wise.

Jeremiah 2:8

  1. The priests did not ask, `Where is the LORD?' The judges ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on nonsense.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

  1. So what do people get for all their hard work?
  2. Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night they cannot rest. It is all utterly meaningless.

Hosea 8:7

  1. "They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of wheat wither, producing no grain. And if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

  1. There is another serious problem I have seen in the world. Riches are sometimes hoarded to the harm of the saver,

Mark 8:36

  1. And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process?

1 Samuel 12:21

  1. Don't go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you--they really are useless!

John 6:27

  1. But you shouldn't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Son of Man, can give you. For God the Father has sent me for that very purpose."

Isaiah 26:18

  1. we, too, writhe in agony, but nothing comes of our suffering. We have done nothing to rescue the world; no one has been born to populate the earth.
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