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Ecclesiastes 5:8-10
Legacy Standard Bible

The Vanity of Riches

8 If you see (A)oppression of the poor and (B)robbery of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be (C)astonished over the [a]matter; for a lofty one keeps watch over another lofty one, and there are loftier ones over them. 9 But the advantage of the land in everything is this—a king committed to a cultivated field.

10 (D)He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its produce. This too is [b]vanity.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Lit delight
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:10 Or futility
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