1Keep[H8104] thy foot[H7272] when thou goest[H3212] to the house[H1004] of God[H430], and be more ready[H7138] to hear[H8085], than to give[H5414] the sacrifice[H2077] of fools[H3684]: for they consider[H3045] not that they do[H6213]evil[H7451].
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Be not rash[H926] with thy mouth[H6310], and let not thine heart[H3820] be hasty[H4116] to utter[H3318] any thing[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].
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For a dream[H2472]cometh[H935] through the multitude[H7230] of business[H6045]; and a fool's voice[H6963] is known by multitude[H7230] of words[H1697].
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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 hast vowed[H5087].
5Better[H2896] is it that thou shouldest not vow[H5087], than that thou shouldest vow[H5087] and not pay[H7999].
6Suffer[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 thine hands?[H3027]
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For in the multitude[H7230] of dreams[H2472] and many[H7235]words[H1697] there are also divers vanities[H1892]: but fear[H3372] thou God[H430].
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If thou seest[H7200] the oppression[H6233] of the poor[H7326], and violent[H1499] perverting of judgment[H4941] and justice[H6664] in a province[H4082], marvel[H8539] not at the matter[H2656]: for he that is higher[H1364] than the highest[H1364]regardeth[H8104]; and there be higher[H1364] than they[H5921].
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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 is also vanity[H1892].
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When goods[H2896]increase[H7235], they are increased[H7231] that eat[H398] them: and what good[H3788] is there to the owners[H1167] thereof, saving[H518] the beholding[H7207] of them with their eyes?[H5869]
12
The sleep[H8142] of a labouring man[H5647] is sweet[H4966], whether he eat[H398]little[H4592] or much[H7235]: but the abundance[H7647] of the rich[H6223] will not suffer[H3240] him to sleep[H3462].
13
There is[H3426] a sore[H2470]evil[H7451] which I have seen[H7200] under the sun[H8121], namely, riches[H6239]kept[H8104] for the owners[H1167] thereof to their hurt[H7451].
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But those riches[H6239]perish[H6] by evil[H7451]travail[H6045]: and he begetteth[H3205] a son[H1121], and there is nothing[H3972] in his hand[H3027].
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As he came[H935]forth[H3318] of his mother's womb[H990], naked[H6174] shall he return[H7725] to go[H3212] as he came[H935], and shall take[H5375]nothing[H3972] of his labour[H5999], which he may carry away[H3212] in his hand[H3027].
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And this[H2090] also is a sore[H2470]evil[H7451], that in all points[H5980] as he came[H935], so shall he go[H3212]: and what profit[H3504] hath he that hath laboured[H5998] for the wind?[H7307]
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All his days[H3117] also he eateth[H398] in darkness[H2822], and he hath much[H7235]sorrow[H3707] and wrath[H7110] with his sickness[H2483].
18
Behold that which I have seen[H7200]: it is good[H2896] and comely[H3303] for one to eat[H398] and to drink[H8354], and to enjoy[H7200] the good[H2896] of all[H4557] his labour[H5999] that he taketh[H5998] under the sun[H8121]all[H4557] the days[H3117] of his life[H2416], which God[H430]giveth[H5414] him: for it is his portion[H2506].
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Every man[H120] also to whom God[H430] hath given[H5414]riches[H6239] and wealth[H5233], and hath given[H5414] him power[H7980] to eat[H398] thereof, and to take[H5375] his portion[H2506], and to rejoice[H8055] in his labour[H5999]; this[H2090] is the gift[H4991] of God[H430].
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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].