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Your Attitude Toward God
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.
When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow!
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.
If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.
The Vanity of Wealth and Honor
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
The Folly of Riches
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?
When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.
As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.
As he came from his mother’s womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
This also is a grievous evil — exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?
This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil — this is the gift of God.