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LEB by section ECC 6:7

⌂ ← ECC 6:7–6:9 → ║ ©

One Must Learn to Be Content with What One Has

One Must Learn to Be Content with What One Has

7 is for his mouth— yet his appetite is never satisfied.
8 really have an advantage over fools? really gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others[fn]
9  than for your soul to constantly crave more[fn]

This also is vanity and chasing wind!

6:6 Literally “What is there for the poor knowing how to conduct themselves before the living?”

6:6 Literally “Sight of the eyes is better than wandering of desire”

⌂ ← ECC 6:7–6:9 → ║ ©

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