“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”
Ecclesiastes 6:7 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 6:7
From Ecclesiastes 6, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
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Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
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All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.