Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Bible References
Man
Job 14:1
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Psalm 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it.
Trouble
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of toil; none can express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.