Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ A person works just to feed himself.
    But he never seems to get enough to eat.
⁸ In this way a wise man
    is no better off than a foolish person.
Then, too, it does a poor man little good
    to know how to get along in life.
⁹ So it is better to be happy with what you have
    than always to be wanting more.
Always wanting more is useless—
    like chasing the wind.