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Ecclesiastes 5:13-15
Lexham English Bible

Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire

13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded[a] by its owner to his harm. 14 That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, he has nothing to leave to him.[b] 15 Just as he came from his mother’s womb naked, he will depart[c] just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Literally “kept ”
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Literally “he has nothing in his hand”
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:15 Literally “return to go”
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