Gen 31:40, Psa 127:2, Ecc 2:23, 4:8, 5:12 | ESV | STEP | There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night , and my sleep fled from my eyes .

Genesis 31:40

40 There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

Psalms 127:2

2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious ^atoil;
for he gives to his ^bbeloved ^csleep.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

23 For ^dall his days are full of sorrow, and his ^ework is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his ^feyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, ^g“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy ^hbusiness.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.