Ecclesiastes 1:8

American Standard Version (1901)

All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Eccl 4:1-4 : 1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive; 3 yea, better than them both [did I esteem] him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4 Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
  • Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
  • Rom 8:22-23 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.
  • Eccl 5:10-11 : 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
  • Eccl 7:24-26 : 24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out? 25 I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness. 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, [Yea], four that say not, Enough: 16 Sheol; And the barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that saith not, Enough.
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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    9That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

    10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

    11There is no remembrance of the former [generations] ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter [generations] that are to come, among those that shall come after.

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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Eccl 1:7
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    7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
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    13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes), [

    17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

    7Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

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  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

    3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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    20Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

  • Eccl 6:9-11
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    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

    11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

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    16There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Prov 27:20
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    20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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    8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.

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    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

    10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

    11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

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    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

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    12And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

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    1Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

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    3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

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    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

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    1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

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    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

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    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

    18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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    15That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

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    3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.