Ecclesiastes:6:1-15
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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 honour ,
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 #
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this is vanity ,
and it is an evil disease .
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If a man beget an 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 labour 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 ?