Ecclesiastes 1:8

New Century Version

Everything is boring, so boring that you don’t even want to talk about it. Words come again and again to our ears, but we never hear enough, nor can we ever really see all we want to see.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

I will be content as if I had eaten the best foods. My lips will sing, and my mouth will praise you.

Proverbs 27:20

People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers flow to the sea, but the sea never becomes full.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at what I had done, and I thought about all the hard work. Suddenly I realized it was useless, like chasing the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do here on earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

I saw a man who had no family, no son or brother. He always worked hard but was never satisfied with what he had. He never asked himself, “For whom am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy life?” This also is very sad and useless.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

People work just to feed themselves, but they never seem to get enough to eat.

Haggai 1:9

“You look for much, but you find little. When you bring it home, I destroy it. Why?” asks the Lord All-Powerful. “Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins!

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

They are blessed who hunger and thirst after justice, for they will be satisfied.