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Eccl.2.23

Ecclesiastes 2:23

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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

The Futility of Work

Cross References

Genesis 3:17
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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

The Punishment of Mankind

Job 5:7
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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him

Job 14:1
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Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job Laments the Finality of Death

Psalm 127:2
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It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Children Are a Heritage from the LORD

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
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And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 1:18
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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

The Futility of Pleasure

Ecclesiastes 5:17
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

The Futility of Wealth

The Folly of Riches
Ecclesiastes 8:16
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¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

God’s Ways Are Mysterious