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Ecclesiastes 5 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - Keep 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For a dream H2472 cometh H935 through the multitude H7230 of business; H6045 and a fool's H3684 voice H6963 is known by multitude H7230 of words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - 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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:5 - Better H2896 is it that thou shouldest not vow, H5087 than that thou shouldest vow H5087 and not pay. H7999

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Suffer 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:9 - Moreover the profit H3504 of the earth H776 is for all: the king H4428 himself is served H5647 by the field. H7704

The Folly of Riches

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:11 - 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 H7212 of them with their eyes? H5869

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - 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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:14 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he came forth H3318 of his mother's H517 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:16 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - 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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - 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 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every man H120 also to whom God H430 hath given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth, H5233 and hath given 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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:20 - 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
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