Ecclesiastes 6:7

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 16:26

A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger drives him on.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

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

Ecclesiastes 5:10

When goods increase, so do those who consume them. So what advantage are they to the owner except he sees it with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 5:9

A lover of money never has enough money, and a lover of wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

Even if a man should father a hundred children and live many years, however many the days of his years may be, yet his soul is never satisfied with his prosperity and he does not have a proper burial, then I say that it is better for the stillborn than him.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

So what advantage has the wise over the fool? What does the pauper gain by knowing how to walk before the living?

Matthew 6:25

“So I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Luke 12:19

And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’

John 6:27

Don’t work for food that spoils, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on Him, God the Father has put the seal of approval.”