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Ecclesiastes 5
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Fear God

11 nGuard your steps when you go to othe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to poffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 22 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore qlet your words be few. 3For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with rmany words.

4When syou vow a vow to God, tdo not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. uPay what you vow. 5vIt is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6Let not your mouth lead you3 into sin, and do not say before wthe messenger4 that it was xa mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? 7For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity;5 but6 yGod is the one you must fear.

The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

8zIf you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, ado not be amazed at the matter, bfor the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. 9But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.7

10He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? 12Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

13cThere is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, 14and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. 15dAs he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. 16This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what egain is there to him who ftoils for the wind? 17Moreover, all his days he geats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

18Behold, what I have seen to be hgood and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment8 in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his ilot. 19Everyone also to whom jGod has given kwealth and possessions land power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is mthe gift of God. 20For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

Footnotes

  • 1 5:1 Ch 4:17 in Hebrew
  • 2 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
  • 3 5:6 Hebrew your flesh
  • 4 5:6 Or angel
  • 5 5:7 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)
  • 6 5:7 Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but
  • 7 5:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
  • 8 5:18 Or and see good
Displaying 1-6 of 6 sermons for this passage.

Money: Dangers, Disappointments, Delights

Ecclesiastes 5:10–20 Sermon 42:08 ID: 2648

The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One

Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon Includes Transcript 36:31 ID: 2390

The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two

Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon Includes Transcript 43:38 ID: 2391

In Search of Meaning

Ecclesiastes 5:8–7:29 Sermon Includes Transcript 41:54 ID: 2297

Concerning Worship

Ecclesiastes 5:1–7 Sermon Includes Transcript 40:24 ID: 2295

The Meaninglessness of Mechanical Worship

Ecclesiastes 5:1 Sermon 36:36 ID: 1335

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The Kingdom of God, Volume 1

Genesis 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Series ID: 26801

A Study in Ecclesiastes

Chasing the Wind Ecclesiastes 1:1–12:14 Series ID: 12101