He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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Ecclesiastes 5:16 · 10 connections
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What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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.
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 2:23There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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.
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.
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.
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