Ecclesiastes 1:8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

All things are wearisome; more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, or the ear filled with hearing.

Cross References

Psalm 63:5

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

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