Page 57 - Searching for Happiness

“For God giveth to a man that is good in his

sight wisdom, and knowledge, and” —

What’s the next word? — “joy: but to the

sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to

heap up, that he may give to him that

is good before God. This also is vanity and

vexation of spirit.” So the man that lives for

himself and accumulates all these things, I

mean, they're going to pass away; he's

going to pass away, and it's all vanity and

vexation of spirit; it's useless; it's passing

away. You can have all the riches in this

world and never enjoy them. You can have

the greatest food. I can give you some

examples of some rich people over the

years who couldn't sit down and eat a meal

like you're going to eat today. There are

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