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
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Bible References
His heart
Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the laborer [is] pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.
Esther 6:1
During that night the king's sleep escaped [him], and he gave orders to bring the {scroll of records and chronicles}, and they were read before the king.
Job 7:13
When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,'
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; {I flood} my bed every night. With my tears {I drench} my couch.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. My vigor was changed into [the] dry heat of summer. Selah
Psalm 77:2
In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.
Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night in fasting, and no food was brought in before him and his sleep fled from him.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging [them] to continue in the faith and [saying], "Through many persecutions it is necessary [for] us to enter into the kingdom of God."
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What does the worker gain in his toil?