vain

Psalm 39:5, 6
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah . . .

Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, 20-23
I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!" But it proved to be futile. . . .

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile--a miserable task.

rise up

Proverbs 31:15-18
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. . . .

the bread

Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. . . .

Ecclesiastes 6:7
All a man's labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

for so he

Psalm 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

Jeremiah 31:26
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

Ezekiel 34:25
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Acts 12:5, 6
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. . . .