Ecclesiastes 5:9

An auerouse man schal not be fillid of monei; and he that loueth richessis schal not take fruytis of tho; and therfor this is vanyte.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

In Context

8and ferthermore the kyng of al erthe comaundith to the seruaunt.

10Where ben many richessis, also many men ben, that eten tho; and what profitith it to the haldere, no but that he seeth richessis with hise iyen?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17Sothely God seyde to Adam, For thou herdist the voys of thi wijf, and hast ete of the tree, of which Y comaundide to thee that thou schuldist not ete, the erthe schal be cursid in thi werk; in traueylis thou schalt ete therof in alle daies of thi lijf;

1 Kings 4:7Forsothe Salomon hadde twelue `prefectis, ether cheef minystrys, on al Israel, that yauen lijflode to the kyng, and to his hows; sotheli bi ech monethe bi it silf in the yeer, ech prefect bi hym silf mynystride necessaries.

Psalms 104:14He lefte not a man to anoye hem; and he chastiside kyngis for hem.

Proverbs 13:23Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doom.

Proverbs 28:19He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse.

Ecclesiastes 6:7Al the trauel of a man is in his mouth, but the soule of hym schal not be fillid with goodis.

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