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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Ecclesiastes 6"
description: "Overview  Ecclesiastes 6:1, The vanity of riches without use; Ecclesiastes 6:3, though a man have many children and a long life; Ecclesiastes 6:7, The va"
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---

**Overview**
**** [Ecclesiastes 6:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/1), The vanity of riches without use; [Ecclesiastes 6:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3), though a man have many children and a long life; [Ecclesiastes 6:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/7), The vanity of sight and wandering desires; [Ecclesiastes 6:10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/10), The conclusion of vanities.

[Ecclesiastes 5:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Ecclesiastes 9:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/13) - *General* [Ecclesiastes 10:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/5) - an evil

**a man:** [Ecclesiastes 5:19](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/19), [1 Kings 3:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/3/13), [1 Chronicles 29:25](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/29/25), [1 Chronicles 29:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/29/28), [2 Chronicles 1:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/11), [Daniel 5:18](../../../kjv/daniel/5/18)
**so:** [Ecclesiastes 2:4-10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/4-10), [Deuteronomy 8:7-10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/8/7-10), [Judges 18:10](../../../kjv/judges/18/10), [Job 21:9-15](../../../kjv/job/21/9-15), [Psalms 17:14](../../../kjv/psalms/17/14), [Psalms 73:7](../../../kjv/psalms/73/7), [Luke 12:19](../../../kjv/luke/12/19), [Luke 12:20](../../../kjv/luke/12/20)
**yet:** A man may possess much earthly goods, and yet have neither the heart nor power to enjoy them. Possession and fruition are not necessarily joined together; and this is also among the vanities of life, and was and still is a very "common evil among men." It belongs to God as much to give the power to enjoy, as it does to give earthly blessings.
**but:** [Deuteronomy 28:33](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/33), [Deuteronomy 28:43](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/43), [Psalms 39:6](../../../kjv/psalms/39/6), [Lamentations 5:2](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/2), [Hosea 7:9](../../../kjv/hosea/7/9)
**vanity:** [Ecclesiastes 4:4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/4), [Ecclesiastes 4:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/8), [Ecclesiastes 5:16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 21:25](../../../kjv/job/21/25) - never [Ecclesiastes 2:24](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/24) - that it [Ecclesiastes 3:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/13) - *General* [Ecclesiastes 5:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/13) - a sore [Ecclesiastes 6:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/9) - this [Zechariah 9:6](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/6) - *General*

**a man:** [Genesis 33:5](../../../kjv/genesis/33/5), [1 Samuel 2:20](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/20), [1 Samuel 2:21](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/21), [2 Kings 10:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/1), [1 Chronicles 28:5](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/5), [2 Chronicles 11:21](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/21), [Esther 5:11](../../../kjv/esther/5/11), [Psalms 127:4](../../../kjv/psalms/127/4), [Psalms 127:5](../../../kjv/psalms/127/5), [Proverbs 17:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/6)
**so:** [Ecclesiastes 5:17-19](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/17-19), [Genesis 47:9](../../../kjv/genesis/47/9)
**and also:** [2 Kings 9:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/35), [Esther 7:10](../../../kjv/esther/7/10), [Esther 9:14](../../../kjv/esther/9/14), [Esther 9:15](../../../kjv/esther/9/15), [Isaiah 14:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/19), [Isaiah 14:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/20), [Jeremiah 22:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/19), [Jeremiah 36:30](../../../kjv/jeremiah/36/30)
**that an:** [Ecclesiastes 4:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/3), [Job 3:16](../../../kjv/job/3/16), [Psalms 58:8](../../../kjv/psalms/58/8), [Matthew 26:24](../../../kjv/matthew/26/24)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 15:15](../../../kjv/genesis/15/15) - buried [Genesis 23:4](../../../kjv/genesis/23/4) - burying place [Genesis 23:19](../../../kjv/genesis/23/19) - *General* [Genesis 50:5](../../../kjv/genesis/50/5) - bury me [2 Kings 9:37](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/37) - the carcase [Job 3:10](../../../kjv/job/3/10) - it shut not [Job 3:13](../../../kjv/job/3/13) - then had I been at rest [Ecclesiastes 6:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/6) - yet [Ecclesiastes 6:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/7) - appetite [Isaiah 14:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/18) - all of [Jeremiah 8:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/2) - they shall be [Jeremiah 20:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/17) - he slew [Hosea 9:11](../../../kjv/hosea/9/11) - from the birth [Revelation 11:9](../../../kjv/revelation/11/9) - and shall not

**his name:** [Psalms 109:13](../../../kjv/psalms/109/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 10:21](../../../kjv/exodus/10/21) - darkness

**this:** [Job 3:10-13](../../../kjv/job/3/10-13), [Job 14:1](../../../kjv/job/14/1), [Psalms 58:8](../../../kjv/psalms/58/8), [Psalms 90:7-9](../../../kjv/psalms/90/7-9)

**though:** [Genesis 5:5](../../../kjv/genesis/5/5), [Genesis 5:23](../../../kjv/genesis/5/23), [Genesis 5:24](../../../kjv/genesis/5/24), [Isaiah 65:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/22)
**yet:** [Ecclesiastes 6:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3), [Job 7:7](../../../kjv/job/7/7), [Psalms 4:6](../../../kjv/psalms/4/6), [Psalms 4:7](../../../kjv/psalms/4/7), [Psalms 34:12](../../../kjv/psalms/34/12), [Isaiah 65:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/20), [Jeremiah 17:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/6)
**do:** [Ecclesiastes 3:20](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/20), [Ecclesiastes 12:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/7), [Job 1:21](../../../kjv/job/1/21), [Job 30:23](../../../kjv/job/30/23), [Hebrews 9:27](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/27)
**Reciprocal:** [Ecclesiastes 11:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/11/8) - *General*

**the labour:** [Genesis 3:17-19](../../../kjv/genesis/3/17-19), [Proverbs 16:26](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/26), [Matthew 6:25](../../../kjv/matthew/6/25), [John 6:27](../../../kjv/john/6/27), [1 Timothy 6:6-8](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/6-8)
**appetite:** Heb. soul, [Ecclesiastes 6:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3), [Ecclesiastes 5:10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/10), [Luke 12:19](../../../kjv/luke/12/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 48:15](../../../kjv/genesis/48/15) - fed me [Psalms 127:2](../../../kjv/psalms/127/2) - the bread [Proverbs 27:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/27/20) - so [Ecclesiastes 2:22](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/22) - hath man

**what hath the wise:** [Ecclesiastes 2:14-16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/14-16), [Ecclesiastes 5:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/11)
**the poor:** [Genesis 17:1](../../../kjv/genesis/17/1), [Psalms 101:2](../../../kjv/psalms/101/2), [Psalms 116:9](../../../kjv/psalms/116/9), [Proverbs 19:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/1), [Luke 1:6](../../../kjv/luke/1/6), [1 Timothy 6:17](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Ecclesiastes 2:16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/16) - how [Ecclesiastes 2:22](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/22) - hath man [Romans 3:1](../../../kjv/romans/3/1) - advantage

**Better:** [Ecclesiastes 2:24](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/24), [Ecclesiastes 3:12](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/12), [Ecclesiastes 3:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/13), [Ecclesiastes 5:18](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/18)
**wandering of the desire:** Heb. walking of the soul, [Job 31:7](../../../kjv/job/31/7), [Proverbs 30:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/15), [Proverbs 30:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/16), [Jeremiah 2:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/20)
**this:** [Ecclesiastes 6:2](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/2), [Ecclesiastes 1:2](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/2), [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/14), [Ecclesiastes 2:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/11), [Ecclesiastes 2:22](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/22), [Ecclesiastes 2:23](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/23), [Ecclesiastes 4:4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/4)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 9:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/1) - all Solomon's [1 Kings 9:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/19) - that which Solomon desired [1 Kings 21:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/4) - And he laid him [Psalms 101:3](../../../kjv/psalms/101/3) - set [Proverbs 17:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/24) - the eyes [Ecclesiastes 2:10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/10) - whatsoever [Ecclesiastes 2:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/17) - for [Ecclesiastes 5:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/11) - what [Isaiah 57:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/17) - in the [2 Corinthians 6:12](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/6/12) - are not

**which:** [Ecclesiastes 1:9-11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/9-11), [Ecclesiastes 3:15](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/15)
**and it:** [Genesis 3:9](../../../kjv/genesis/3/9), [Genesis 3:17-19](../../../kjv/genesis/3/17-19), [Job 14:1-4](../../../kjv/job/14/1-4), [Psalms 39:6](../../../kjv/psalms/39/6), [Psalms 82:6](../../../kjv/psalms/82/6), [Psalms 82:7](../../../kjv/psalms/82/7), [Psalms 103:15](../../../kjv/psalms/103/15)
**neither:** [Job 9:3](../../../kjv/job/9/3), [Job 9:4](../../../kjv/job/9/4), [Job 9:32](../../../kjv/job/9/32), [Job 33:13](../../../kjv/job/33/13), [Job 40:2](../../../kjv/job/40/2), [Isaiah 45:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/9), [Isaiah 45:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/10), [Jeremiah 49:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/19), [Romans 9:19](../../../kjv/romans/9/19), [Romans 9:20](../../../kjv/romans/9/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 8:28](../../../kjv/exodus/8/28) - entreat [2 Samuel 2:22](../../../kjv/2-samuel/2/22) - wherefore [Job 16:21](../../../kjv/job/16/21) - plead

[Ecclesiastes 1:6-9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/6-9), [Ecclesiastes 1:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/17), [Ecclesiastes 1:18](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/18), [Ecclesiastes 2:3-11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/3-11), [Ecclesiastes 3:19](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/19), [Ecclesiastes 4:1-4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/1-4), [Ecclesiastes 4:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/8), [Ecclesiastes 4:16](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/16), [Ecclesiastes 5:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/7), [Psalms 73:6](../../../kjv/psalms/73/6), [Hosea 12:1](../../../kjv/hosea/12/1)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16) - my days [Psalms 39:6](../../../kjv/psalms/39/6) - surely [Ecclesiastes 1:2](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/2) - *General* [Ecclesiastes 4:4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/4) - This is [Ecclesiastes 11:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/11/8) - All that [Luke 10:41](../../../kjv/luke/10/41) - many [Romans 3:1](../../../kjv/romans/3/1) - advantage [1 Corinthians 15:19](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/19) - this

**who knoweth:** [Ecclesiastes 2:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/3), [Ecclesiastes 12:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/13), [Psalms 4:6](../../../kjv/psalms/4/6), [Psalms 16:5](../../../kjv/psalms/16/5), [Psalms 17:15](../../../kjv/psalms/17/15), [Psalms 47:4](../../../kjv/psalms/47/4), [Lamentations 3:24-27](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/24-27), [Micah 6:8](../../../kjv/micah/6/8)
**the days of his vain life:** Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity, [Ecclesiastes 8:13](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/8/13), [Ecclesiastes 9:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/6), [1 Chronicles 29:15](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/29/15), [Job 8:9](../../../kjv/job/8/9), [Job 14:2](../../../kjv/job/14/2), [Psalms 39:5](../../../kjv/psalms/39/5), [Psalms 39:6](../../../kjv/psalms/39/6), [Psalms 89:47](../../../kjv/psalms/89/47), [Psalms 90:10-12](../../../kjv/psalms/90/10-12), [Psalms 102:11](../../../kjv/psalms/102/11), [Psalms 109:23](../../../kjv/psalms/109/23), [Psalms 144:4](../../../kjv/psalms/144/4), [James 4:14](../../../kjv/james/4/14)
**for who can:** [Ecclesiastes 3:22](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/22), [Ecclesiastes 8:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/8/7), [Job 14:21](../../../kjv/job/14/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16) - my days [Job 17:7](../../../kjv/job/17/7) - shadow [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/3) - under [Ecclesiastes 1:4](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/1/4) - One generation [Ecclesiastes 7:15](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/15) - have I [Ecclesiastes 9:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/9) - all the days of the life [Ecclesiastes 10:14](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/10/14) - a man [Ecclesiastes 12:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/8) - *General* [Luke 8:42](../../../kjv/luke/8/42) - and she [1 Corinthians 7:29](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/7/29) - the time

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