Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).

Job 5:7

“For man is born for trouble,
[As naturally] as sparks fly upward.

Job 14:1

“Man, who is born of a woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of anxious labors—
For He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep.

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. Few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, and they have not reached the years that my fathers lived during the days of their pilgrimage.”

Esther 6:1

On that night the king could not sleep; so he ordered that the book of records and memorable deeds, the chronicles, be brought, and they were read before the king.

Job 7:13-14

“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’

Psalm 6:6-7

I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I soak my bed with tears,
I drench my couch with my weeping.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

Psalm 77:2-4

In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 90:7-10

For we have been consumed by Your anger
And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

Psalm 90:15

Make us glad in proportion to the days You have afflicted us,
And the years we have suffered evil.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much [human] wisdom there is much displeasure and exasperation; increasing knowledge increases sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.

Acts 14:22

strengthening and establishing the hearts of the disciples; encouraging them to remain firm in the faith, saying, “It is through many tribulations and hardships that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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