Ecclesiastes 6:7
All a man's labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
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the labour

Genesis 3:17-19
And 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. . . .

Proverbs 16:26
A worker's appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval."

1 Timothy 6:6-8
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. . . .

appetite

Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

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.

Luke 12:19
Then I will say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!"'

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

King James Bible
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All man's labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied.

International Standard Version
Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.

NET Bible
All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach--yet his appetite is never satisfied!
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