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Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Connect these verses with Ecclesiastes 6:2-3: “All labor is undertaken with a view to some profit, but as a rule the people who labor are never…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the
desire
By "the sight of t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to …

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