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Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Frustration of Desires
6 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy upon humankind: 2 those to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that they lack nothing of all that they desire, yet God does not enable them to enjoy these things, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous ill.
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