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Ecclesiastes 5:2
Common English Bible
Don’t be quick with your mouth or say anything hastily before God, because God is in heaven, but you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.
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Ecclesiastes 5:19
Also, whenever God gives people wealth and riches and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their place in the world and to find pleasure in their hard work—all this is God’s gift.
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Ecclesiastes 5:10
The money lover isn’t satisfied with money; neither is the lover of wealth satisfied with income. This too is pointless.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1
Watch your steps when you go to God’s house. It’s more acceptable to listen than to offer the fools’ sacrifice—they have no idea that they’re acting wrongly.
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Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you make a promise to God, fulfill it without delay because God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you promise.
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Ecclesiastes 5:5
Better not to make a promise than to make a promise without fulfilling it.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet is the worker’s sleep, whether there’s a lot or little to eat; but the excess of the wealthy won’t let them sleep.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15
Just as they came from their mother’s womb naked, naked they’ll return, ending up just like they started. All their hard work produces nothing—nothing they can take with them.
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