Ecclesiastes 5:17

Modern English Version

Moreover, in all his days he eats in darkness, while he is greatly irritated in sickness and anger.

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

And to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ Cursed is the ground on account of you; in hard labor you will eat of it all the days of your life.

1 Kings 17:12

She said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, but only a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a jar. I am gathering two sticks, that I can go in and make it for me and my son, so we may eat it and die.”

2 Kings 1:2

Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron whether I will recover from this illness.”

2 Kings 1:6

And they said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed on which you have gone up, but you will surely die.’ ”

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence, leprous like snow.

Job 21:25

Another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having eaten with pleasure.

Psalm 102:9

For I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drink with tears,

Psalm 127:2

It is in vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrowful toil; for so He gives His beloved sleep.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Psalm 78:33

Therefore their days did He consume like a breath, and their years in terror.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Everything my eyes wanted, I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any selfish pleasure, for my heart was glad of all my efforts; and this was my reward for all my efforts.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

All his days are sorrowful, and his work is a vexation. Even at night his heart finds no rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and make his life see the good in his labor. This I have seen is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that people may not find out anything that comes after them.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.