Ecclesiastes 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
  • Eccl 2:22-24 : 22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. 24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.
  • Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.
  • Eccl 6:2 : 2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
  • Jer 2:20 : 20 For from of old I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree you wandered, playing the harlot.
  • Job 31:7 : 7 If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any stain has cleaved to my hands;
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, indeed four that say not, It is enough: 16 The grave, and the barren womb, the earth that is never filled with water, and the fire that never says, It is enough.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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  • Eccl 6:10-12
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    10 That which has been is already named, and it is known that it is man: nor can he contend with one mightier than he.

    11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

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

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 6:7-8
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    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

    8 For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 2:10-15
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    10 And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12 I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

    13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.

    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15 So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

  • Eccl 4:3-4
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    3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

    4 Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Eccl 4:6-8
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    6 Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

    7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8 There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17 Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 1:17
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    17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
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    2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3 What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16 There is no end of all the people, even of all who have been before them; they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:19-26
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    19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20 Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

    23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

    24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

    25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

    26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 6:1-2
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    1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

    2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Eccl 1:8
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    8 All things are full of labor; man cannot express it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

  • Eccl 2:1
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    1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Eccl 11:7-9
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    7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.

    8 But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

    9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

    17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done so. This also is vanity.

  • Eccl 8:14
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    14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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