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Ecclesiastes 5:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm. "

Ecclesiastes 5:13

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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.

13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

15 As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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