Ecclesiastes 1:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.

Proverbs 27:20

Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All rivers enter into the sea, and the sea does not overflow. To the place from which the rivers go out, they return, so that they may flow again.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: "For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?" In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.