Ecclesiastes 1:8

New International Version

All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

Proverbs 27:20

Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!

Ecclesiastes 6:7

Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

Haggai 1:9

“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.

Matthew 11:28

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

Matthew 5:6

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