Ecclesiastes 5:8–15

⁸ⁿIf thou seest ^othe oppression of the poor, and ^oviolent perverting of judgment and justice in a ^pprovince, marvel not ^†at the matter: for ^qhe that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

⁹Moreover ^rthe profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. ¹⁰He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth ^sabundance with increase: this is also vanity. ¹¹When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what ^tgood is there to ^uthe owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? ¹²The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

^13xThere is ^ya sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for ^uthe owners thereof to their hurt. ¹⁴But those riches perish by evil ^ztravail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. ^15aAs he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.