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Prediger 1:8
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. (niv)
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Habakuk 2:5
indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples. (niv)
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Sprüche 30:15-16
“ The leech has two daughters.‘ Give! Give!’ they cry.“ There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say,‘ Enough!’:the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says,‘ Enough!’ (niv)
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1Johannes 2:16
(niv)
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Prediger 6:7
Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied. (niv)
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Sprüche 15:11
Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord— how much more do human hearts! (niv)
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Prediger 2:10-11
I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil.Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. (niv)
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Sprüche 23:5
Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. (niv)
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Hiob 26:6
The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. (niv)
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Jeremia 22:17
“ But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.” (niv)
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Prediger 4:8
There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.“ For whom am I toiling,” he asked,“ and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business! (niv)
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Prediger 5:10-11
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? (niv)