Ecclesiastes 5

1 ♥ 📝 K eep^H8104 thy foot^H7272 when thou goest^H3212 to the house^H1004 of God;^H430 for to draw nigh^H7138 to hear^H8085 is better than to give^H5414 the sacrifice^H2077 of fools:^H3684 for they know^H3045 not that they do^H6213 evil.^H7451

2 ♥ 📝 Be not rash^H926 with thy mouth,^H6310 and let not thy heart^H3820 be hasty^H4116 to utter^H3318 anything^H1697 before^H6440 God;^H430 for God^H430 is in heaven,^H8064 and thou upon earth:^H776 therefore let thy words^H1697 be few.^H4592

3 ♥ 📝 For a dream^H2472 cometh^H935 with a multitude^H7230 of business,^H6045 and a fool's^H3684 voice^H6963 with a multitude^H7230 of words.^H1697

4 ♥ 📝 When thou vowest^H5087 a vow^H5088 unto God,^H430 defer^H309 not to pay^H7999 it; for he hath no pleasure^H2656 in fools:^H3684 pay^H7999 that which thou vowest.^H5087

5 ♥ 📝 Better^H2896 is it that thou shouldest not vow,^H5087 than that thou shouldest vow^H5087 and not pay.^H7999

6 ♥ 📝 Suffer^H5414 not thy mouth^H6310 to cause thy flesh^H1320 to sin;^H2398 neither say^H559 thou before^H6440 the angel,^H4397 that it was an error:^H7684 wherefore should God^H430 be angry^H7107 at thy voice,^H6963 and destroy^H2254 the work^H4639 of thy hands?^H3027

7 ♥ 📝 For in the multitude^H7230 of dreams^H2472 there are vanities,^H1892 and in many^H7235 words:^H1697 but fear^H3372 thou God.^H430

8 ♥ 📝 If thou seest^H7200 the oppression^H6233 of the poor,^H7326 and the violent^H1499 taking away of justice^H6664 and righteousness^H4941 in a province,^H4082 marvel^H8539 not at the matter:^H2656 for one higher^H1364 than the high^H1364 regardeth;^H8104 and there are higher^H1364 than they.^H5921

9 ♥ 📝 Moreover the profit^H3504 of the earth^H776 is for all: the king^H4428 [himself] is served^H5647 by the field.^H7704

10 ♥ 📝 He that loveth^H157 silver^H3701 shall not be satisfied^H7646 with silver;^H3701 nor he that loveth^H157 abundance,^H1995 with increase:^H8393 this also is vanity.^H1892

11 ♥ 📝 When goods^H2896 increase,^H7235 they are increased^H7231 that eat^H398 them; and what advantage^H3788 is there to the owner^H1167 thereof, save^H518 the beholding^H7207 [of them] with his eyes?^H5869

12 ♥ 📝 The sleep^H8142 of a laboring man^H5647 is sweet,^H4966 whether he eat^H398 little^H4592 or much;^H7235 but the fulness^H7647 of the rich^H6223 will not suffer^H3240 him to sleep.^H3462

13 ♥ 📝 There is^H3426 a grievous^H2470 evil^H7451 which I have seen^H7200 under the sun,^H8121 [namely], riches^H6239 kept^H8104 by the owner^H1167 thereof to his hurt:^H7451

14 ♥ 📝 and those riches^H6239 perish^H6 by evil^H7451 adventure;^H6045 and if he hath begotten^H3205 a son,^H1121 there is nothing^H3972 in his hand.^H3027

15 ♥ 📝 As he came forth^H3318 from his mother's^H517 womb,^H990 naked^H6174 shall he go^H3212 again^H7725 as he came,^H935 and shall take^H5375 nothing^H3972 for his labor,^H5999 which he may carry away^H3212 in his hand.^H3027

16 ♥ 📝 And this^H2090 also is a grievous^H2470 evil,^H7451 that in all points^H5980 as he came,^H935 so shall he go:^H3212 and what profit^H3504 hath he that he laboreth^H5998 for the wind?^H7307

17 ♥ 📝 All his days^H3117 also he eateth^H398 in darkness,^H2822 and he is sore^H7235 vexed,^H3707 and hath sickness^H2483 and wrath.^H7110

18 ♥ 📝 Behold, that which I have seen^H7200 to be good^H2896 and to be comely^H3303 is for one to eat^H398 and to drink,^H8354 and to enjoy^H7200 good^H2896 in all his labor,^H5999 wherein he laboreth^H5998 under the sun,^H8121 all^H4557 the days^H3117 of his life^H2416 which God^H430 hath given^H5414 him: for this is his portion.^H2506

19 ♥ 📝 Every man^H120 also to whom God^H430 hath given^H5414 riches^H6239 and wealth,^H5233 and hath given him power^H7980 to eat^H398 thereof, and to take^H5375 his portion,^H2506 and to rejoice^H8055 in his labor —^H5999 this^H2090 is the gift^H4991 of God.^H430

20 ♥ 📝 For he shall not much^H7235 remember^H2142 the days^H3117 of his life;^H2416 because God^H430 answereth^H6031 [him] in the joy^H8057 of his heart.^H3820