Ecclesiastes 2:23

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

Cross References (15)

  • Job 14:1 (9)

    “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

  • Job 5:7 (7)

    Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

  • Psalms 6:6–7 (3)

    I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

  • Psalms 127:2 (3)

    In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

  • Job 7:13–14 (3)

    When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

  • Psalms 90:7–10 (2)

    For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

  • Acts 14:22 (2)

    strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships t

  • Psalms 32:4 (2)

    For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

  • Genesis 47:9 (2)

    “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years

  • Ecclesiastes 1:18 (2)

    For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

  • Psalms 90:15 (2)

    Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

  • Psalms 77:2–4 (2)

    In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to

  • Daniel 6:18 (2)

    Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled fr

  • Esther 6:1 (2)

    That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:12 (2)

    The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep