Ecclesiastes 1:8

New American Bible - revised edition

All things are wearisome, too wearisome for words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing nor has the ear enough of hearing.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands, calling on your name.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon can never be satisfied; so the eyes of mortals can never be satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All rivers flow to the sea, yet never does the sea become full. To the place where they flow, the rivers continue to flow.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I turned to all the works that my hands had wrought, and to the fruit of the toil for which I had toiled so much, see! all was vanity and a chase after wind. There is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases God, he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the one who displeases, God gives the task of gathering possessions for the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

those all alone with no companion, with neither child nor sibling—with no end to all their toil, and no satisfaction from riches. For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things? This also is vanity and a bad business.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is never satisfied.

Haggai 1:9

You expected much, but it came to little; and what you brought home, I blew away. Why is this?—oracle of the Lord of hosts— Because my house is the one which lies in ruins, while each of you runs to your own house.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.