Ecclesiastes 5

1Do not be hasty with your mouth, And do not let not your heart be quick To utter a word before God; For God is in heaven, and you are on earth; Therefore, let your words be few.

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2For a dream comes in a multitude of distractions, And the voice of a senseless man is with a multitude of words.

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3When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it, For His will is not in senseless men. So pay whatever you vowed.

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4Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

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5Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not say in the presence of God, 'It was a mistake.' Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

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6For in a multitude of dreams there are vanities and many words, but you should fear God.

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7If you see the oppression of the poor and the violation of judgment and righteousness in the land, do not marvel at the matter; for there is a high official to watch over a high official, and higher ones over them!

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8Moreover, the abundance of the earth is for all: even a king depends on work in the field.

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9He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves the harvest, with its abundance. This also is vanity.

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10In the abundance of good things They who eat them also increase, But what virtue does the owner have from them, Except to see them with his eyes?

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11The sleep of a servant is sweet, Whether he eats little or much; But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

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12There was a sickness I saw under the sun: Wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

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13That wealth shall perish in painful distraction, And he begets a son; But there is nothing in his hand.

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14As he came from his mother's womb, Naked shall he return, to go as he came; And he shall take nothing from his labor That it may go with him in his hand.

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15This also is a painful sickness, For as he came, so shall he go; And what is his gain, for which he labored for the wind?

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16All his days are in darkness and sorrow And in much anger, sickness, and gall.

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17Behold, I have seen good: It is a fine thing for a man to experience goodness in all his labor in which he toils all the days of his life that God has given him; for it is his portion.

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18As for every man to whom God has given wealth, possessions, and authority—to eat from it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.

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19For he will not remember the many days of his life, because God distracted him in the merriment of his heart.

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