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Ecclesiastes 5:10 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. "

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

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Ecclesiastes 5:1

"Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil."

Ecclesiastes 5:2

"Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few."

Ecclesiastes 5:3

"For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words."

Ecclesiastes 5:4

"When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow."

Ecclesiastes 5:5

"It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay."

Ecclesiastes 5:6

"Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?"

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