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11 (A)When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the success to their masters except to look on with their eyes? 12 The sleep of the laboring man is (B)sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the satisfaction of the rich man does not [a]allow him to sleep.

13 There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: (C)riches being [b]hoarded by their master to his own evil demise.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:12 Or grant him rest
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:13 Lit guarded