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|Eclesiastes 5:11| The labourer's sleep is sweet, whether he has eaten little or much, but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep at all.
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|Eclesiastes 5:12| Something grossly unjust I observe under the sun: riches stored and turning to loss for their owner.
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|Eclesiastes 5:13| An unlucky venture, and those riches are lost; a son is born to him, and he has nothing to leave him.
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|Eclesiastes 5:14| Naked from his mother's womb he came; as naked as he came will he depart; not one of his achievements can he take with him.
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|Eclesiastes 5:15| And something else grossly unjust: that as he came, so must he go; what profit can he show after toiling to earn the wind,
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|Eclesiastes 5:16| as he spends the rest of his days in darkness, mourning, many sorrows, sickness and exasperation.
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|Eclesiastes 5:17| So my conclusion is this: true happiness lies in eating and drinking and enjoying whatever has been achieved under the sun, throughout the life given by God: for this is the lot of humanity.
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|Eclesiastes 5:18| And whenever God gives someone riches and property, with the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in work, this is a gift from God.
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|Eclesiastes 5:19| For such a person will hardly notice the passing of time, so long as God keeps his heart occupied with joy.
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