Verse 7

All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:26 : 26 A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.
• Matt 6:25 : 25 Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or drynke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meate? & the body then rayment?
• John 6:27 : 27 Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed.
• 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath. 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde, and it is certayne that we may carry nought away. 8 But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content.
• Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe. 18 Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde. 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
• Luke 12:19 : 19 And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery.
• Eccl 5:10 : 10 He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.
• Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man beget a hundred children, and lyue many yeres, so that his dayes are many in number, and yet can not enioy his good, neither be buryed: as for him I say, that vntymely birth is better then he.