Ecclesiastes 5:8-16

⁸Also the abundance of the earth is for everyone: The king is dependent on the tilled field.

⁹He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: And who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? This is also vanity.

¹⁰In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: And what virtue has the owner, But the right of beholding it with his eyes?

¹¹The sleep of a servant is sweet, Whether he eat little or much: But to one who is satiated with wealth, There is none that suffers him to sleep.

¹²There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, Namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

¹³And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: And the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹⁴As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, He shall return back as he came, And he shall receive nothing for his labor, That it should go with him in his hand.

¹⁵And this is also an evil infirmity: For as he came, so also shall he return: And what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?

¹⁶Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.