1488. Better is the sight of the eyes
Better is the sight of the eyes – Ecclesiastes 5:1-2, Ecclesiastes 6:7-9, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
5 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes 6:7-9
7 All the labour (toil) of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite (the soul) is not filled (accomplished, be fenced, fulfilled).
8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9 Better is the sight of the eyes (for what’s seen thereby) than the wandering of the desire (what is pursued thereby): this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment[h] in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
19 Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.
20 For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.
Better is the sight of the eyes