Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
Bible References
His heart
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.
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
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night I soak my bed with tears,
I drench my couch with my weeping.
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;
Myenergy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.
For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My
Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand wasstretched out [in prayer] without weariness;
My soul refused to be comforted.
In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was
My soul refused to be comforted.
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.”
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.
“Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].”
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher.
“Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God’s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless—a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].”
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?