Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. Cross References Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Job 5:7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. Job 14:1 Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. Psalm 127:2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat--for He gives sleep to His beloved. Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on the sons of men, to keep them occupied! Ecclesiastes 1:18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Ecclesiastes 5:17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger. Ecclesiastes 8:16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that one does on the earth--though his eyes do not see sleep day or night-- Chapter Outline 1. the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure12. Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event 18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom 24. Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift Jump to Previous Full Grief Grievous Heart Labor Mind Night Occupation Pain Painful Pains Purpose Rest Sadness Sorrow Sorrows Task Travail Vanity Vexation WorkJump to Next Full Grief Grievous Heart Labor Mind Night Occupation Pain Painful Pains Purpose Rest Sadness Sorrow Sorrows Task Travail Vanity Vexation Work |
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