Ecclesiastes 5:5-14

⁵(5:4) It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.

⁶(5:5) Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

⁷(5:6) For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.

⁸(5:7) If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.

⁹(5:8) But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.

¹⁰(5:9) He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity.

¹¹(5:10) When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it likewise increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see it with his eyes?

¹²(5:11) Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

¹³(5:12) There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.

¹⁴(5:13) And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand: