Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
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Esther 6:1But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the + 6:1 Gr. letters. books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
Job 7:13I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.
Psalms 6:6+ 6:6 Gr. I have laboured. I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears. 1
Psalms 77:2+ 77:2 Matt 13:35 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning. 1
Psalms 90:15He shall call upon me, and I will listen to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. 1
Ecclesiastes 1:18For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26
Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also… Read the whole commentary →