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Ecclesiastes 5:9-11
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9 All officials take their cut of the profit from the land; even the king benefits from the fields.[a]

10 Anyone who loves money is never satisfied with money, and anyone who loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is vanishing vapor.

11 When goods increase, so do those who eat them. What profit, then, does the owner get, except to see these things with his eyes?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:9 Or it is beneficial when a land has a king who devotes attention to the field
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