Ecclesiastes 6 - Introduction
* The vanity of riches. Also of long life and flourishing families. (1-6) The little advantage any one has in outward things. (7-12)... [ Continue Reading ]
* The vanity of riches. Also of long life and flourishing families. (1-6) The little advantage any one has in outward things. (7-12)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he makes no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to strangers; this is vanity, and an evil disease. A numerous family was a matt... [ Continue Reading ]
7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as well as the richest, and is under no real disadvantage. We cannot say, Better is the sight of the ey... [ Continue Reading ]