1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

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Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:13

2a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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Ecclesiastes 5:19, Ecclesiastes 5:19, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 73:7

3If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:

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Job 3:16, Job 3:16, Ecclesiastes 4:3, 2 Kings 9:35, Jeremiah 22:19

4for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

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Psalms 109:13, Psalms 109:13

5Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

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Psalms 58:8, Job 3:10, Job 3:13, Psalms 90:7, Psalms 90:9

6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, do not all go to one place?

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Ecclesiastes 3:20, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Job 30:23, Hebrews 9:27, Job 30:23

7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

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John 6:27, John 6:27, Proverbs 16:26, Proverbs 16:26, 1 Timothy 6:6

8For 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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Ecclesiastes 2:14, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Proverbs 19:1, Ecclesiastes 2:14, Ecclesiastes 2:16

9Better 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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Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Job 31:7, Job 31:7, Ecclesiastes 1:2

10Whatever 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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Job 9:32, Job 9:32, Isaiah 45:9, Isaiah 45:10, Isaiah 45:9

11For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?

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Ecclesiastes 4:16, Ecclesiastes 4:16, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Ecclesiastes 1:17

12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

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James 4:14, James 4:14, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Job 14:2, Ecclesiastes 3:22