Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.
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Proverbs 27:20a [ + 27:20a Heb. omits to ver 21.He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.]
Ecclesiastes 2:11And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter:
Ecclesiastes 5:10In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes?
Ecclesiastes 7:24That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?
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 →