Ecclesiastes 1:8

New King James Version

All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

Proverbs 27:20

Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, “For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied.

Haggai 1:9

“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.

Matthew 11:28

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

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