Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The eye
General references
Bible References
Full
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.
Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
Man
Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 7:24
What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it?
The eye
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
Psalm 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth offerspraises with joyful lips.
And my mouth offers
Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
Nor are theeyes of man ever satisfied.
Nor are the
Proverbs 30:15 The leech has two daughters,
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
“Give,” “Give.”
There are three things that will not be satisfied,
Four that will not say, “Enough”:
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Revelation 7:16 They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;
General references
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?