Job 5:7

For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

Job 14:1

“Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

Psalm 90:8-9

You have placed our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 5:15-17

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Job 5:7

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Man

Trouble

Ecclesiastes 1:8

Ecclesiastes 2:22

Ecclesiastes 5:15

Bible References

Man

“Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

Cursed is the ground because of you;

In toil you will eat of it

All the days of your life.

You have placed our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Trouble

All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.

The eye is not satisfied with seeing,

Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.