Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
The labour
Appetite
Bible References
The labour
Matthew 6:25
For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not your life a greater gift than food, and your body than clothing?
John 6:27
Labor not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of man will give you; for him has God the Father at tested.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness, with a contented disposition, is great gain.
Appetite
Luke 12:19
and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.