ECCLESIASTES Chapter 5 (GNB)
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5:1 Be careful
about going to the Temple. It is better to go there to learn than to offer
sacrifices like foolish people who don't know right from wrong. |
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5:2 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. |
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5:3 The more you
worry, the more likely you are to have bad dreams, and the more you talk, the
more likely you are to say something foolish. |
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5:4 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. |
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5:5 Better not to
promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it. |
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5:6 Don't let your
own words lead you into sin, so that you have to tell God's priest that you
didn't mean it. Why make God angry with you? Why let him destroy what you
have worked for? |
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5:7 No matter how
much you dream, how much useless work you do, or how much you talk, you must
still stand in awe of God. |
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5:8 Don't be
surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them
justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and
both are protected by still higher officials. |
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5:9 Even a king
depends on the harvest. |
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5:10 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. |
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5:11 The richer you
are, the more mouths you have to feed. All you gain is the knowledge that you
are rich. |
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5:12 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. |
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5:13 Here is a
terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for
a time when they may need it, |
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5:14 and then lose
it all in some bad deal and end up with nothing left to pass on to their children.
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5:15 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. |
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5:16 It isn't
right! We go just as we came. We labor, trying to
catch the wind, and what do we get? |
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5:17 We get to live
our lives in darkness and grief, worried, angry, and sick. |
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5:18 Here is what I
have found out: the best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we
have worked for during the short life that God has given us; this is our
fate. |
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5:19 If God gives
us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we
should be grateful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God. |
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5:20 Since God has
allowed us to be happy, we will not worry too much
about how short life is. |
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