Ecclesiastes 5:17

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Ecclesiastes 5:17

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Psalm 127:2

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked—only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

2 Kings 1:2

Ahaziah had fallen through the latticed window of his upper room in Samaria and was injured. So he sent messengers instructing them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will recover from this injury.”

2 Kings 1:6

They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him: This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed—you will certainly die.’”

2 Kings 5:27

Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow.

2 Chronicles 16:10-12

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 24:24-25

Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

Job 21:25

Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,
having never tasted prosperity.

Psalm 78:33

He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.

Psalm 90:7-11

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

Psalm 102:9

I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears

Proverbs 1:27-29

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

Ezekiel 4:16-17

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure.

Acts 12:23

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

He eateth

Ezekiel 4:16

Much

Bible References

He eateth

Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,
having never tasted prosperity.

He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.

I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears

In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure.

Much

Ahaziah had fallen through the latticed window of his upper room in Samaria and was injured. So he sent messengers instructing them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub,

the god of Ekron, if I will recover from this injury.”

Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow.

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.