Ecclesiastes:5

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* Guard thy foot when thou goest to the house of God , and be ready to hearken : it is better than when fools give sacrifices ; for they know not that they do evil . * Be not rash with thy mouth , and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God ; for God is in heaven , and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few . * For a dream cometh through a multitude of business ; and a fool 's voice through a multitude of words . * When thou vowest a vow unto God , defer not to pay it ; for He hath no pleasure in fools ; pay that which thou vowest . * Better is it that thou shouldest not vow , than that thou shouldest vow and not pay . * Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt , neither say thou before the messenger , that it was an error ; wherefore should God be angry at thy voice , and destroy the work of thy hands ? * For through the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words ; but fear thou God . * If thou seest the oppression of the poor , and the violent perverting of justice and righteousness in the state , marvel not at the matter ; for one higher than the high watcheth , and there are higher than they . * But the profit of a land every way is a king that maketh himself servant to the field . * He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance , with increase ; this also is vanity . * When goods increase , they are increased that eat them ; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof , saving the beholding of them with his eyes ? * Sweet is the sleep of a labouring man , whether he eat little or much ; but the satiety of the rich will not suffer him to sleep . * There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun , namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt ; * and those riches perish by evil adventure ; and if he hath begotten a son , there is nothing in his hand . * As he came forth of his mother 's womb , naked shall he go back as he came , and shall take nothing for his labour , which he may carry away in his hand . * And this also is a grievous evil , that in all points as he came , so shall he go ; and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind ? * All his days also he eateth in darkness , and he hath much vexation and sickness and wrath . * Behold that which I have seen : it is good , yea , it is comely for one to eat and to drink , and to enjoy pleasure for all his labour , wherein he laboureth under the sun , all the days of his life which God hath given him ; for this is his portion . * Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth , and hath given him power to eat thereof , and to take his portion , and to rejoice in his labour--this is the gift of God . * For let him remember the days of his life that they are not many ; for God answereth him in the joy of his heart .

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