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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 eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease

006:002

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

006:004

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

006:006

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled

006:007

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living

006:008

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit

006:009

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

006:010

Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better

006:011

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