Ecclesiastes 1:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

Proverbs 27:20

The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

Haggai 1:9

You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.