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|Eclesiastés 5:11|
As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?
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12
|Eclesiastés 5:12|
The sleep of a labourer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.
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13
|Eclesiastés 5:13|
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
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14
|Eclesiastés 5:14|
or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.
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15
|Eclesiastés 5:15|
Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labour that he can carry in his hand.
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|Eclesiastés 5:16|
This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?
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|Eclesiastés 5:17|
All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
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|Eclesiastés 5:18|
Then I realised that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labour under the sun during the few days of life God has given him — for this is his lot.
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|Eclesiastés 5:19|
Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work — this is a gift of God.
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|Eclesiastés 5:20|
He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.
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