Ecclesiastes 5:9-17

⁹However, what the land produces is for everyone—even the king benefits from what is grown.

¹⁰People who love money never have enough money; those who love wealth never have enough income. This too is so temporary and makes little sense.

¹¹The more you earn, the more you have eating into your income. It only looks like you have more!

¹²Those who work hard sleep well, whether they have a little to eat or plenty, but the rich own so much they don't get any rest.

¹³I observed something here that is really sickening: people who hoard money damage themselves.

¹⁴They put their money into bad investments and lose everything. Now when we're born, we don't bring anything into the world.

¹⁵When we die, we leave just as naked as when we were born, taking nothing with us from all we've worked for.

¹⁶This also makes me sick! What do people gain, working for the wind?

¹⁷They live their lives in darkness, very frustrated, sick, and resentful.