Ecclesiastes 5:12
Those who work hard sleep well, whether they have a little to eat or plenty, but the rich own so much they don't get any rest.
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11The more you earn, the more you have eating into your income. It only looks like you have more!
13I observed something here that is really sickening: people who hoard money damage themselves.
Cross References
Psalms 4:8I will lie down in peace and sleep, for you, Lord, alone keep me safe.
Proverbs 3:24When you rest, you won't be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep 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 →