Things which have failed men

Wicked devices

Proverbs 1:31  

They will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

Mischief

Proverbs 12:21  

No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

Own ways

Proverbs 14:14  

The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his.

Indignation

Jeremiah 15:17  

I never sat in the company of revelers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because your hand was on me and you had filled me with indignation.

Acts 5:17

Bitterness

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

Lamentations 3:15  

He has filled me with bitter herbs and sated me with gall.

Reproach

Lamentations 3:30  

Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.

Drink

Ezekiel 23:33  

You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, the cup of ruin and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

Haggai 1:6  

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”