Ecclesiastes 8:16

Tree of Life Version

When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done upon the earth (his eyes not seeing sleep either day or night),

Cross References

Genesis 31:40

I was consumed by heat during the day, consumed by frost during the night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

Psalm 127:2

In vain you rise up early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil— for He provides for His beloved ones even in their sleep.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my heart to seek and examine by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a burdensome task God has given the sons of men to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the deeds done under the sun; and behold, all is meaningless and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I applied my heart to know wisdom as well as to know madness and folly. I learned that this too was pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days, his work is pain and grief. Even at night his mind does not rest. This also is futility.

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!

Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is a grievous wrong that I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to his own hurt,

Ecclesiastes 7:25

So I turned my heart to understand, to search and seek out wisdom and an explanation of things and to know the stupidity of wickedness and madness of folly.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Since no one knows what will be, who can tell when it will happen?

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I have seen all this while applying my mind to everything done under the sun: sometimes one person dominates another person to his own harm.