Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 5

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Think before you speak, and don't make any rash promises to God. He is in heaven and you are on earth, so don't say any more than you have to.

If God gives a man wealth and property and lets him enjoy them, he should be grateful and enjoy what he has worked for. It is a gift from God.

If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.

Be careful about going to the Temple. It is better to go there to learn than to offer sacrifices as foolish people do, people who don't know right from wrong.

So when you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible. He has no use for a fool. Do what you promise to do.

Better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it.

Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at least they can get a good night's sleep. The rich, however, have so much that they stay awake worrying.

We leave this world just as we entered it — with nothing. In spite of all our work there is nothing we can take with us.