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Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
Lexham English Bible

One Must Learn to Be Content with What One Has

7 All of a man’s toil is for his mouth—
    yet his appetite is never satisfied.
8 So do the wise really have an advantage over fools?
    Can the poor really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others?[a]
9 Better to be content with what your eyes see
    than for your soul to constantly crave more.[b]
This also is vanity and chasing wind!

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:8 Literally “What is there for the poor knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?”
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:9 Literally “Sight of the eyes is better than wandering of desire”
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