Labor Given Away

Pleasure, Labor, and What Remains · Ecclesiastes 2

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20So I turned and gave my heart over to despair because of all the labor at which I had labored under the sun.

21For there is a man who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, yet he must give it as his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This too is vapor and a great evil.

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