Ecclesiastes 6:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 16:26 : 26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.
  • Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that.
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • Eccl 5:10 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:26
    81%

    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Eccl 1:8
    81%

    8All things are full of labor; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 6:6
    79%

    6Yes, even if he lives a thousand years twice over, yet has seen no good: do not all go to one place?

  • Eccl 6:8-12
    5 verses
    79%

    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

    10That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.

    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

    12For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:19-25
    7 verses
    78%

    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

    24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

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

  • Eccl 6:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

    2A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

    3If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 4:8
    76%

    8There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

  • Eccl 5:16-19
    4 verses
    76%

    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

    17All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

    18Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

    19Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

  • Ps 39:6
    76%

    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Eccl 8:17
    75%

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 3:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

  • Eccl 4:6
    74%

    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

    13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

  • Eccl 4:4
    74%

    4Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 14:23
    73%

    23In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 27:20
    73%

    20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  • Eccl 5:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Eccl 1:14
    73%

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

  • Eccl 2:17
    73%

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:16
    73%

    16There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 8:15
    73%

    15So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

  • Eccl 12:8
    73%

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 3:22
    73%

    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Hag 1:6
    73%

    6You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

  • Job 7:1
    73%

    1Is there not an appointed time for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired worker?

  • Eccl 3:19
    72%

    19For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

  • Prov 27:7
    72%

    7The full soul loathes honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.