Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 6:2
A church father on this verse
“Let none of us entertain the desire for possessions, for what gain is it to acquire those things which we cannot take with us? Why not rather acquire those that we can take: prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, understanding, charity, love of the poor, faith in Christ, gentleness, hospitality? If we obtain these,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2A man to whom God shall give Wealth, and substance, and honor, And he wants nothing for his soul Of all things that he shall desire, Yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, For a stranger shall devour it: This is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
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1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, And it is abundant with man:
— Ecclesiastes 6:2 —
3If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, Yea, however abundant the days of his years shall be, Yet if his soul shall not be satisfied with good, And also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
4For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, And his name shall be covered in darkness.