Eccl 5:18 ¶ Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
Eccl 5:19 Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
Eccl 5:20 For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.
Eccl 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men--
Eccl 6:2 a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
Eccl 6:3 If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,
Eccl 6:4 for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.
Eccl 6:5 "It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he.
Eccl 6:6 "Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things--do not all go to one place?"
Eccl 6:7 ¶ All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.
Eccl 6:8 For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?
Eccl 6:9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.
Eccl 6:10 ¶ Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.
Eccl 6:11 For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?
Eccl 6:12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Eccl 7:1 A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth.
Eccl 7:2 It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.
Eccl 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
Eccl 7:4 The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Eccl 7:5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to listen to the song of fools.