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5 : 1 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.
5 : 2 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.
5 : 3 For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
5 : 4 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!
5 : 5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
5 : 6 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?
5 : 7 For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.
5 : 8 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.
5 : 9 After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
5 : 10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.
5 : 11 When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?
5 : 12 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.
5 : 13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
5 : 14 When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
5 : 15 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.
5 : 16 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?
5 : 17 Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
5 : 18 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.
5 : 19 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.
5 : 20 For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.