Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
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Proverbs 27:20The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:1And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 5:10\5:11\When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
Ecclesiastes 7:24Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:5-9
The Vanity of the World. 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8 All things are full of… Read the whole commentary →