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Ecc 5:16 — 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?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a sore		Ecc 5:13; Ecc 2:22,23
what		1Sa 12:21; Jer 2:8; Mar 8:36
for		Ecc 1:3; Pro 11:29; Isa 26:18; Hsa 8:7; Jhn 6:27

Correlating Passages

a sore

	Ecc 5:13	There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
	Ecc 2:22	For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
	Ecc 2:23	For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

what

	1Sa 12:21	And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.
	Jer 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.
	Mar 8:36	For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

for

	Ecc 1:3	What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
	Pro 11:29	He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
	Isa 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.
	Hsa 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.
	Jhn 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 5:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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