Ecclesiastes 5 (NET)

Ecclesiastes 5:1¹(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:19Heb 12:28-29Prov 15:81 Pet 2:1-2Isa 1:12-20Exod 3:5Josh 5:15Prov 21:271 Cor 11:22Gen 28:16-17

Ecclesiastes 5:2²(5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 6:7Prov 10:19Isa 55:9Matt 6:9Eccl 5:3Eccl 5:7Gen 18:27Num 30:2-5Gen 28:20Jas 3:2

Ecclesiastes 5:3³Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 15:2Prov 10:19Eccl 10:12-14Job 11:2

Ecclesiastes 5:4⁴When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 30:2Deut 23:21-23Ps 76:11Matt 5:33Ps 66:13-14Ps 50:14Ps 119:106Heb 10:6Mal 1:10Ps 116:14

Ecclesiastes 5:5⁵It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 5:4Deut 23:22Prov 20:25

Ecclesiastes 5:6⁶Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, “It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:262 John 1:8Jas 3:2Eccl 5:1-2Mal 2:7Lev 5:4-6Gen 48:161 Cor 3:13-15Num 15:25Heb 1:14

Ecclesiastes 5:7⁷Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:36Eccl 12:13Eccl 8:12Eccl 5:3Isa 50:10-11Prov 23:17Eccl 7:18Eccl 3:14

Ecclesiastes 5:8⁸If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:5Eccl 4:1Eccl 3:161 Kgs 21:19-20Matt 13:41-42Ps 58:10-11Ps 82:1Rev 17:6-71 Chr 21:15-16Acts 12:23

Ecclesiastes 5:9⁹The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 4:7-23Ps 115:16Gen 1:29-30Ps 104:14-151 Chr 27:26-311 Sam 8:12-17Gen 3:17-19Jer 40:10-12Prov 13:23Prov 27:23-27

Ecclesiastes 5:10¹⁰The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:10Matt 6:24Luke 12:15Matt 6:19Eccl 4:8Eccl 4:4Eccl 2:26Ps 62:10Ps 52:7Hab 2:5-7

Ecclesiastes 5:11¹¹When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:16Hab 2:13Prov 23:5Ps 119:36-37Eccl 6:91 Kgs 5:13-16Eccl 11:9Gen 12:16Gen 13:2Gen 13:5-7

Ecclesiastes 5:12¹²The sleep of the laborer is pleasant—whether he eats little or much— but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 3:24Ps 4:8Jer 31:26Ps 127:2

Ecclesiastes 5:13¹³Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 6:1-2Luke 18:22-23Gen 19:14Luke 16:22-23Jas 5:1-4Eccl 4:8Eccl 8:9Gen 14:16Isa 32:6-8Luke 12:16-21

Ecclesiastes 5:14¹⁴Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:26Hag 1:9Hag 2:16-17Job 20:15-29Job 5:5Matt 6:19-20Prov 23:51 Kgs 14:261 Sam 2:361 Sam 2:6-8

Ecclesiastes 5:15¹⁵Just as he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 1:21Ps 49:171 Tim 6:7Luke 12:20

Ecclesiastes 5:16¹⁶This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:3Prov 11:29Mark 8:36Eccl 5:13John 6:271 Sam 12:21Eccl 2:22-23Hos 8:7Isa 26:18Jer 2:8

Ecclesiastes 5:17¹⁷Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 127:21 Cor 11:30-321 Kgs 17:122 Chr 16:10-122 Chr 24:24-252 Kgs 1:22 Kgs 1:62 Kgs 5:27Acts 12:23Ezek 4:16-17

Ecclesiastes 5:18¹⁸I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life that God has given them, for this is their reward.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:24Eccl 3:12-13Eccl 3:22Eccl 9:71 Tim 6:17Eccl 2:10Eccl 8:15Eccl 11:9Jer 52:34

Ecclesiastes 5:19¹⁹To every man whom God has given wealth and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward, and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:18Eccl 3:13Eccl 6:22 Chr 1:12Eccl 2:24-261 Kgs 3:13

Ecclesiastes 5:20²⁰For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 65:13-14Isa 65:21-24Ps 37:16Ps 4:6-7Rom 5:1Deut 28:47Deut 28:8-12Isa 64:5Rom 5:5-11