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 laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Esther 6:1
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
Job 7:13
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Selah
Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

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