1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lieth heavy upon men;

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Ecclesiastes 5:13, Ecclesiastes 5:13

2a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, and nothing is wanting to him of all which he desireth, yet God giveth him not to taste thereof; but a stranger enjoyeth it. This is vanity, yea, a grievous evil.

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

3Though a man have a hundred children, and live many years, and though the days of his years be many, if his soul be not satisfied with good, and he have no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better than he.

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

4This, indeed, cometh in nothingness, and goeth down into darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

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Psalms 109:13, Psalms 109:13

5it hath not seen the sun, nor known it; yet hath it rest rather than the other.

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

6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and see no 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 his desires are not satisfied.

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

8For what advantage hath the wise man over the fool? What advantage hath the poor, who knoweth 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 striving after wind.

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

10That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot 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

11Seeing there are many things which increase vanity, what advantage hath man [from them]?

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

12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, in 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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James 4:14, James 4:14, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Job 14:2, Ecclesiastes 3:22