Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ecclesiastes 1 to 12)
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Ecclesiastes 5:6 (NLT)
Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple Messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry , and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.
Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple Messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry , and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 (NLT)
Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. Every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy
Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. Every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy
Ecclesiastes 5:10 (NLT)
10 Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
10 Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!
Ecclesiastes 5:11 (NLT)
11 The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!
11 The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!
Ecclesiastes 5:12 (NLT)
12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
Ecclesiastes 5:13 (NLT)
13 There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.
13 There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 (NLT)
14 Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children.
14 Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one’s children.
Ecclesiastes 5:15 (NLT) - 15 We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can’t take our riches with us.
Ecclesiastes 5:16 (NLT) - 16 And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 (NLT) - 17 Throughout their lives, they live under a cloud—frustrated, discouraged, and angry.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 (NLT) - 18 Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.
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