Ecclesiastes 1:8

Tree of Life Version

All things are wearisome. No one can express them. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

Matthew 11:28

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

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases Him, He gives wisdom, knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating wealth to give it to one who pleases God. This also is only vapor and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended to accomplish it, behold, it all was futile and chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Psalm 63:5

So I will bless You as long as I live. In Your name I lift up my hands.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they go again.

Haggai 1:9

“You have looked for much, but indeed, there is little. What you have brought home, I have blown away. Why is this?”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“because My House lies in ruins, while you are running, each to his own house.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.