Bible Themes · Humanity

Dissatisfaction

The human feeling of emptiness and unfulfilment, at either a physical or spiritual level.

Hunger and thirst are never permanently satisfied

Ecclesiastes 6:7 See also Psalm 59:15; Isaiah 55:2; John 4:13–14

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

Dissatisfaction as a result of divine judgment

Leviticus 26:26 See also Isaiah 9:19–21; Ezekiel 7:19; Micah 6:14

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

Death is never satisfied

Proverbs 27:20 See also Proverbs 30:15–16; Habakkuk 2:5

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Dissatisfaction is characteristic of the unrighteous

Proverbs 13:4 See also Esther 5:9–13; Ecclesiastes 5:10; Ezekiel 16:28–29; 3 John 1:9–10

The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.

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