Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
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Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile--a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

Haggai 1:9
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11, 26
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. . . .

Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Romans 8:22, 23
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. . . .

man

Ecclesiastes 4:1-4
Again, I observed all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:24-26
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it? . . .

the eye

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile--a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 5:10, 11
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. . . .

Psalm 63:5
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

Proverbs 27:20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Proverbs 30:15, 16
The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough!": . . .

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Revelation 7:16, 17
Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat. . . .

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