OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 7

Ecclesiastes 6:7

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

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Ecclesiastes 6:4–10

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for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

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Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

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Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t 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 advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

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Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.

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