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Ecclesiastes 6:1
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Ecclesiastes 6:1
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Wealth Is Not the Goal of Life
6 There(A) is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
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Ecclesiastes 6:1
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Ecclesiastes 6:1
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6 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:
Ecclesiastes 6:2
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Ecclesiastes 6:2
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2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, (A)so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; (B)yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil [a]affliction.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:2 disease
Ecclesiastes 6:2
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Ecclesiastes 6:2
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2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them,(A) and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.(B)
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