Ecclesiastes 6:2 (KJV)

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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

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Cross-references

a man. Ec 5:19 1Ki 3:13 1Ch 29:25 1Ch 29:28 2Ch 1:11 Da 5:18

so. Ec 2:4-10 De 8:7-10 Re 17:10 Job 21:9-15 Ps 17:14 Ps 73:7 Lu 12:19 Lu 12:20

but. De 28:33 De 28:43 Ps 39:6 La 5:2 Ho 7:9

vanity. Ec 4:4 Ec 4:8 Ec 5:16

yet.A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.

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