Ecclesiastes 5:15Douay-Rheims
A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
Related Verses
Genesis 2:9
And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:10
And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.
Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.
Genesis 2:21
Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.