Parallel Bible results for "Ecclesiastes 6:7-9"

Ecclesiastes 6:7-9

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7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
7 Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.
8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?
8 What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
9 Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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