Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also [is] vanity.
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Esther 6:1On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,
Job 7:13When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
Psalms 6:6I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night [on] my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.
Psalms 77:2In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.
Psalms 90:15Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.
Ecclesiastes 1:18for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
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 →