6:6. Although he lived two thousand years, and hath not enjoyed good things: do not all make haste to one place?
6:7. All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
6:8. What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life?
6:9. Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.
6:10. He that shall be, his name is already called: and it is known, that he is a man, and cannot contend in judgment with him that is stronger than himself.
6:11. There are many words that have much vanity in disputing.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 7
Prescriptions against worldly vanities: mortification, patience, and seeking wisdom.
7:1. What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
7:2. A good name is better than precious ointments: and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.