Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

Job 5:7

But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.

Job 14:1

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

Psalm 127:2

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

Esther 6:1

That night sleep escaped the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king.

Job 7:13-14

When I say: My bed will comfort me,
and my couch will ease my complaint,

Psalm 6:6-7

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was drained
as in the summer’s heat.Selah

Psalm 77:2-4

I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.

Psalm 90:7-10

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

Psalm 90:15

Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For with much wisdom is much sorrow;
as knowledge increases, grief increases.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

His heart

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Ecclesiastes 3:9

Bible References