Ecclesiastes 4:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

One

Ecclesiastes 4:9

Genesis 2:18

Isaiah 56:3

He hath

Genesis 15:2

No

Isaiah 5:8

Is his

1 John 2:16

It is

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Bible References

One

Therefore two are better than one, for they may well enjoy the profit of their labour.

And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone. I will make him a helper to bear him company."

Then shall not the stranger, which cleaveth to the LORD, say, "Alas the LORD hath shut me clean out from his people." Neither shall the gelded man say, "Lo, I am a dried tree."

He hath

And Abram answered, "LORD Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? I go childless, and the cater of mine house, this Eliezer of Damascus, hath a son."

No

Woe be unto you that join one house to another, and bring one land so nigh unto another, that the poor can get no more ground. Will ye dwell upon the earth alone?

Is his

All things are so hard, that no man can express them. The eye is not satisfied with sight; the ear is not filled with hearing.

He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing?

Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.

Like as the wine deceiveth the drunkard, even so the proud shall fail and not endure. He openeth his desire wide up as the hell, and is as insatiable as death. All Heathen gathereth he to him, and heapeth unto him all people."

For all that is in the world - as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of goods - are not of the father: but of the world.

It is

applied my mind to seek out and search for the knowledge of all things that are done under heaven. Such travail and labor hath God given to the children of men, to exercise themselves therein.

but heaviness, sorrow and disquietness all the days of his life? Insomuch that his heart cannot rest in the night. Is not this also a vain thing?

Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.

Come unto me all ye that labor, and are laden, and I will ease you.

General references

All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity.

Many things there be that increase vanity, and what hath a man else?