Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:1 (show verse)
Ecclesiastes 5:2 (show verse)
Ecclesiastes 5:3 (show verse)
For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.
Ecclesiastes 5:4 (show verse)
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!
Ecclesiastes 5:5 (show verse)
It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 5:6 (show verse)
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?
Ecclesiastes 5:7 (show verse)
For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 (show verse)
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:9 (show verse)
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (show verse)
Ecclesiastes 5:11 (show verse)
Ecclesiastes 5:12 (show verse)
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 (show verse)
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 (show verse)
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
Ecclesiastes 5:15 (show verse)
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Ecclesiastes 5:16 (show verse)
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?
Ecclesiastes 5:17 (show verse)
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 (show verse)
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 (show verse)
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:20 (show verse)
For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.