Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are wearisome;
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

1 John 2:16

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.”

Genesis 15:2-3

But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

Isaiah 44:19-20

No one reflects,
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable with the rest of it,
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

Isaiah 56:3-5

No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

Habakkuk 2:5-9

Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

He hath

General references

Bible References

One

Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.
Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper as his complement.”
Isaiah 56:3
No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

He hath

Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, “Lord God, what can You give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

No

Isaiah 5:8
Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

Is his

Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are wearisome;
man is unable to speak.
The eye is not satisfied by seeing
or the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
Habakkuk 2:5
Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.
1 John 2:16
For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

It is

Ecclesiastes 1:13
I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
Matthew 11:28
“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For when there are many words, they increase futility. What is the advantage for man?

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