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Ecclesiastes 5:16

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This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

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Verse 16. Sorrow. The person whose riches have been taken away, had made a bad use of them, ( Calmet.) living like a miser. It would be more rational to indulge in the pleasures which they afford, though this is also vain. Calmet. 3:14.

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