Ecclesiastes 4:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.

Psalm 39:6

To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days; indeed, my life is as nothing before you. Every man is but a breath. Selah

Psalm 39:7

Man goes about as a mere phantom; they hurry about, although in vain; he heaps up stores without knowing for whom.

Proverbs 27:20

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

Ecclesiastes 1:13

and I applied my mind to search and investigate in wisdom all things that are done under the sun. A bad business God has given to human beings to be busied with.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

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

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For here is one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and that one’s legacy must be left to another who has not toiled for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

Every day sorrow and grief are their occupation; even at night their hearts are not at rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again I saw this vanity under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:10

Where there are great riches, there are also many to devour them. Of what use are they to the owner except as a feast for the eyes alone?

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The covetous are never satisfied with money, nor lovers of wealth with their gain; so this too is vanity.

Isaiah 5:8

Ah! Those who join house to house, who connect field with field, Until no space remains, and you alone dwell in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what does not satisfy? Only listen to me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare.

Matthew 11:28

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

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world.