Ecclesiastes 6:2 gives an example of God giving wealth but not the ability to enjoy it — the very situation where 'sight of the eyes' is thwarted, making appetite vain.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 calls enjoyment of toil God's gift — reinforcing 6:9's point that present satisfaction is better.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 recommends eating and drinking with enjoyment — mirroring 6:9's preference for present sight over desire.

Ecclesiastes 1:2 declares 'all is vanity' — the same refrain that closes this verse, reinforcing the theme.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 uses the exact phrase 'vanity and vexation of spirit' that concludes this verse, linking this specific observation to the overall verdict.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 also ends with 'vanity and vexation of spirit', applying the same judgment to human labor as here to restless desire.

Ecclesiastes 2:23 says his days are sorrows and grief, with no rest — mirroring the restlessness behind the 'wandering of appetite' and concluding 'this also is vanity'.

Ecclesiastes 2:22 asks what profit man has from all his labor and vexation — the same futility that labels this 'vexation of spirit'.

Ecclesiastes 5:11 notes the rich only 'gaze' with their eyes—a direct link to 'better what the eyes see' here.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 recounts pursuing every desire—the very 'wandering' deemed here as vanity and futility.

Ecclesiastes 2:17 expresses hatred of life due to futility, a consequence of the vanity described here.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 says there is nothing better than to be joyful and do good — a broader statement of the same contentment theme.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 similarly labels envy-driven labor as vanity, mirroring the futility of chasing desires here.

Proverbs 30:16 lists more things never satisfied — grave, barren womb, parched earth, fire — echoing the never-content appetite in this verse.

Proverbs 30:15 personifies insatiable craving as a leech's daughters crying 'Give, give' — the same roving appetite called vanity here.

Job 31:7 shows the righteous person avoids letting his heart follow his eyes — the same restless desire Ecclesiastes warns against, but from a different angle.

1 Kings 21:4 shows Ahab's resentful desire for Naboth's vineyard, exemplifying the misery of wandering desire.

Proverbs 17:24 contrasts the discerning person's focused eyes with the fool's wandering eyes, echoing this verse.