Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:

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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

In Context

2A man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches [were] kept by the owner of it to his hurt.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:1

In this chapter, I. The royal preacher goes on further to show the vanity of worldly wealth, when men place their happiness in it and are eager and inordinate in laying it up. Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, and good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing. 1. He takes an account of the possessions and enjoyments which such a man may have. He has wealth ( ver. 2 ), he has children to inherit it ( ver. 3 ), and lives long, ver. 3 , 6… Read the whole commentary →

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