Ecclesiastes 2:23

New Century Version

All of their lives their work is full of pain and sorrow, and even at night their minds don’t rest. This is also useless.

Cross References

Genesis 3:17

Then God said to the man, “You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. “So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to him, “My life has been spent wandering from place to place. It has been short and filled with trouble—only one hundred thirty years. My ancestors lived much longer than I.”

Esther 6:1

That same night the king could not sleep. So he gave an order for the daily court record to be brought in and read to him.

Job 14:1

“All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.

Job 5:7

People produce trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Psalm 127:2

It is no use for you to get up early and stay up late, working for a living. The Lord gives sleep to those he loves.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me. My strength was gone as in the summer heat.Selah

Psalm 90:15

We have seen years of trouble. Now give us as much joy as you gave us sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to use my wisdom to learn about everything that happens on earth. I learned that God has given us terrible things to face.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

With much wisdom comes much disappointment; the person who gains more knowledge also gains more sorrow.

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 5:12

Those who work hard sleep in peace; it is not important if they eat little or much. But rich people worry about their wealth and cannot sleep.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All they get are days full of sadness and sorrow, and they end up sick, defeated, and angry.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I tried to understand all that happens on earth. I saw how busy people are, working day and night and hardly ever sleeping.

Daniel 6:18

Then King Darius went back to his palace. He did not eat that night, he did not have any entertainment brought to him, and he could not sleep.

Acts 14:22

making the followers of Jesus stronger and helping them stay in the faith. They said, “We must suffer many things to enter God’s kingdom.”