Ecclesiastes 6
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There is an evil which I have seen under
the sun, and it is common among men:
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a man to whom God hath given riches,
wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all
that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a
stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil
disease.
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If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his
soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no
burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than
he.
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For he cometh in with vanity, and
departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with
darkness.
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Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor
known any thing: this hath more rest than the
other.
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Yea, though he live a thousand years
twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one
place?
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All the labor of man is for his
mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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For what hath the wise more than the
fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the
living?
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Better is the sight of the eyes
than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and
vexation of spirit.
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That which hath been is named already,
and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with
him that is mightier than he.
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Seeing there be many things that increase
vanity, what is man the better?
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For who knoweth what is good for
man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he
spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him
under the sun?
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