Ecclesiastes 6:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.”
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“All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“All the labour of man <FI>is<Fi> for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 6:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Proverbs 16:26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 5:9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- 1 Timothy 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
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