Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.

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In The King James Version

The 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.

In Context

11Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.

13For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:8By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

Proverbs 3:24When you slumber, you shall not fear. When you rest, your sleep also will be sweet.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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