Ecclesiastes 6:7 (WEB)
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Fathers and councils · 2
Catena Aurea on Mark
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“Wherefore it is said, “All the labour of man is for his mouth.” [Eccl 6:7]” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“To the corrupting power of riches He made the enormity of edacity antecedent, for which riches themselves are the procuring agents.” — editor's note: Comp. Eccles. vi. 7; Prov. xvi. 26. (The LXX. render the latter quotation very differently from the Eng. ver. or the Vulg.)
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Mark 12:41–44 (Catena Aurea).