21:006:002 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth,
and honour, so
that
he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth,
yet
God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger
eateth
it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
21:006:003 If a man beget an hundred children, and
live many years, so
that
the days of his years be many, and his soul be not
filled
with
good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that
an
untimely
birth is better than he.
21:006:004 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth
in darkness, and
his
name shall be covered with darkness.
21:006:005 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor
known any thing: this
hath
more rest than the other.
21:006:006 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice
told, yet hath he
seen
no good: do not all go to one place?
21:006:007 All the labour of man is for his mouth,
and yet the appetite
is
not filled.
21:006:008 For what hath the wise more than the fool?
what hath the poor,
that
knoweth to walk before the living?
21:006:009 Better is the sight of the eyes than the
wandering of the
desire:
this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
21:006:010 That which hath been is named already,
and it is known that it
is
man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier
than
he.
21:006:011 Seeing there be many things that increase
vanity, what is man
the
better?
21:006:012 For who knoweth what is good for man in
this life, all the
days
of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for
who
can
tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
21:007:001 A good name is better than precious ointment;
and the day of
death
than the day of one’s birth.
21:007:002 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 lay it to his heart.
21:007:003 Sorrow is better than laughter: for
by the sadness of the
countenance
the heart is made better.
21:007:004 The heart of the wise is in the house of
mourning; but the
heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.
21:007:005 It is better to hear the rebuke of the
wise, than for a man to
hear
the song of fools.
21:007:006 For as the crackling of thorns under a
pot, so is the laughter
of
the fool: this also is vanity.
21:007:007 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad;
and a gift destroyeth
the
heart.
21:007:008 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof: and
the
patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.


