What does Ecclesiastes 6:7 mean?

Ecclesiastes 6:7 highlights themes such as labor, satisfaction, desire when read in context.

How should I apply Ecclesiastes 6:7 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Proverbs 27:20
This verse indicates that human desire is insatiable, echoing the theme of unfulfilled appetite.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Both verses emphasize the enjoyment of labor as a gift from God.
Philippians 4:11
Paul speaks of contentment regardless of circumstances, contrasting with the unfulfilled appetite.