Verse 7

All the labour{H5999} of man{H120} is for his mouth{H6310}, and yet the appetite{H5315} is not filled{H4390}{(H8735)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:26 : 26 He{H5315} that laboureth{H6001} laboureth{H5998}{(H8804)} for himself; for his mouth{H6310} craveth{H404}{(H8804)} it of him.
  • Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore{G1223}{G5124} I say{G3004}{(G5719)} unto you{G5213}, Take no{G3361} thought{G3309}{(G5720)} for your{G5216} life{G5590}, what{G5101} ye shall eat{G5315}{(G5632)}, or{G2532} what{G5101} ye shall drink{G4095}{(G5632)}; nor yet for{G3366} your{G5216} body{G4983}, what{G5101} ye shall put on{G1746}{(G5672)}. Is{G2076}{(G5748)} not{G3780} the life{G5590} more than{G4119} meat{G5160}, and{G2532} the body{G4983} than raiment{G1742}?
  • John 6:27 : 27 Labour{G2038}{(G5737)} not{G3361} for the meat{G1035} which{G3588} perisheth{G622}{(G5734)}, but{G235} for that meat{G1035} which{G3588} endureth{G3306}{(G5723)} unto{G1519} everlasting{G166} life{G2222}, which{G3739} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} shall give{G1325}{(G5692)} unto you{G5213}: for{G1063} him{G5126} hath{G4972} God{G2316} the Father{G3962} sealed{G4972}{(G5656)}.
  • 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 But{G1161} godliness{G2150} with{G3326} contentment{G841} is{G2076}{(G5748)} great{G3173} gain{G4200}. 7 For{G1063} we brought{G1533}{(G5656)} nothing{G3762} into{G1519} this world{G2889}, and it is certain{G1212}{G3754} we can{G1410}{(G5736)} carry{G1627} nothing{G3761}{G5100} out{G1627}{(G5629)}. 8 And{G1161} having{G2192}{(G5723)} food{G1305} and{G2532} raiment{G4629} let us be{G714} therewith{G5125} content{G714}{(G5701)}.
  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And unto Adam{H121} he said{H559}{(H8804)}, Because thou hast hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} unto the voice{H6963} of thy wife{H802}, and hast eaten{H398}{(H8799)} of the tree{H6086}, of which{H834} I commanded thee{H6680}{(H8765)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of it: cursed{H779}{(H8803)} is the ground{H127} for thy sake; in sorrow{H6093} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} of it all{H3605} the days{H3117} of thy life{H2416}; 18 Thorns also{H6975} and thistles{H1863} shall it bring forth{H6779}{(H8686)} to thee; and thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the herb{H6212} of the field{H7704}; 19 In the sweat{H2188} of thy face{H639} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} bread{H3899}, till{H5704} thou return{H7725}{(H8800)} unto the ground{H127}; for out of it wast thou taken{H3947}{(H8795)}: for dust{H6083} thou{H859} art, and unto dust{H6083} shalt thou return{H7725}{(H8799)}.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And{G2532} I will say{G2046}{(G5692)} to my{G3450} soul{G5590}, Soul{G5590}, thou hast{G2192}{(G5719)} much{G4183} goods{G18} laid up{G2749}{(G5740)} for{G1519} many{G4183} years{G2094}; take thine ease{G373}{(G5732)}, eat{G5315}{(G5628)}, drink{G4095}{(G5628)}, and be merry{G2165}{(G5744)}.
  • Eccl 5:10 : 10 He that loveth{H157}{(H8802)} silver{H3701} shall not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} with silver{H3701}; nor he that loveth{H157}{(H8802)} abundance{H1995} with increase{H8393}: this is also vanity{H1892}.
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man{H376} beget{H3205}{(H8686)} an hundred{H3967} children, and live{H2421}{(H8799)} many{H7227} years{H8141}, so that the days{H3117} of his years{H8141} be many{H7227}, and his soul{H5315} be not filled{H7646}{(H8799)} with good{H2896}, and also that he have no burial{H6900}; I say{H559}{(H8804)}, that an untimely birth{H5309} is better{H2896} than he.