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
No
General references
Bible References
One
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.
Genesis 2:18
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.
Isaiah 56:3
Neither let the son of the foreigner, that has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD has utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
He hath
Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
No
Isaiah 5:8
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!
Is his
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance, with increase: this is also vanity.
Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Habakkuk 2:5
Yea also, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as sheol, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers unto him all nations, and heaps unto him all people:
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
It is
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this severe burden has God given to the sons of man to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Since there are many things that increase vanity, how is man the better?