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 a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
Esther 6:1
On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to 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 I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat 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 didn't get tired. 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 afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?