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Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 WEB

Ecclesiastes 5:13 in the King James Version

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Context

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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