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.

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,’
Psalm 6:6

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

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.
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].”
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?