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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20
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13 verses
New International Version (1984 Edition)
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
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The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
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Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
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As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?
Ecclesiastes 5:12
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The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
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I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
Ecclesiastes 5:14
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or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
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Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
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This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:17
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All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
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Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him-for this is his lot.
Ecclesiastes 5:19
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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.
Ecclesiastes 5:20
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20 He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart.
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