Ecclesiastes 6:7
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”Ecclesiastes 6:7
What Does Ecclesiastes 6:7 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 6:7 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 6, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 6:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 27:20“Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.”John 6:27“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”Proverbs 16:26“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.”1 Timothy 6:6“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”Matthew 6:25“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”Ecclesiastes 5:10“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”Ecclesiastes 6:3“If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.”Luke 12:19“And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”Psalms 127:2“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”Genesis 3:17“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”Ecclesiastes 2:22“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”Genesis 48:15“And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,”
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