Ecclesiastes 5:16

16 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what ^egain is there to him who ^ftoils for the wind?

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Ecclesiastes 1:3
What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

Proverbs 11:29
Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

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