"Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit." - Ecclesiastes 6:9

Ecclesiastes 6:9 states, "Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit." This verse captures a profound truth about the nature of human desire and the pursuit of happiness. In a world filled with endless distractions and unfulfilled longings, Solomon invites us to consider the value of appreciating what we have rather than longing for what eludes us.

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Ecclesiastes 6:9 - "¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit."

Ecclesiastes 6:9 - "¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit."

"¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit." - Ecclesiastes 6:9

"¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit." - Ecclesiastes 6:9

Ecclesiastes 9:6 - "Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."

Ecclesiastes 9:6 - "Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."

ecclesiastes 12:2-6

ecclesiastes 12:2-6

Ecclesiastes 3:9 - "What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?"

Ecclesiastes 3:9 - "What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?"

Ecclesiastes 7:9 - "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools."

Ecclesiastes 7:9 - "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools."

Ecclesiastes 10:6 - "Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place."

Ecclesiastes 10:6 - "Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place."

Ecclesiastes 6:7 - "All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled."

Ecclesiastes 6:7 - "All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled."

Ecclesiastes 5:9 - "¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field."

Ecclesiastes 5:9 - "¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field."

Ecclesiastes 3:6 - "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"

Ecclesiastes 3:6 - "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"

Ecclesiastes 6:11 - "¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?"

Ecclesiastes 6:11 - "¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?"

Ecclesiastes 4:9 - "¶ Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour."

Ecclesiastes 4:9 - "¶ Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour."

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - "¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion."

Ecclesiastes 9:4 - "¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion."

Ecclesiastes 6:1 - "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:"

Ecclesiastes 6:1 - "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:"

Ecclesiastes 6:4 - "For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness."

Ecclesiastes 6:4 - "For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness."

Ecclesiastes 7:6 - "For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."

Ecclesiastes 7:6 - "For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."

Ecclesiastes 9:8 - "Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment."

Ecclesiastes 9:8 - "Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment."

Ecclesiastes 9:18 - "Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good."

Ecclesiastes 9:18 - "Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good."

"Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." - Ecclesiastes 9:6

"Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun." - Ecclesiastes 9:6

Ecclesiastes 8:6 - "¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him."

Ecclesiastes 8:6 - "¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him."

Ecclesiastes 4:6 - "Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."

Ecclesiastes 4:6 - "Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."

Ecclesiastes 6:6 - "¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?"

Ecclesiastes 6:6 - "¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?"

Ecclesiastes 9:13 - "¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:"

Ecclesiastes 9:13 - "¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:"

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - "I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:"

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - "I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:"

Ecclesiastes 10:9 - "Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby."

Ecclesiastes 10:9 - "Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby."

Ecclesiastes 9:17 - "The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools."

Ecclesiastes 9:17 - "The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools."

Ecclesiastes 1:9 - "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."

Ecclesiastes 1:9 - "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."

Ecclesiastes 12:6 - "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern."

Ecclesiastes 12:6 - "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern."

Ecclesiastes 6:8 - "For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?"

Ecclesiastes 6:8 - "For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?"

Ecclesiastes 9:14 - "There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:"

Ecclesiastes 9:14 - "There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:"