Ecclesiastes 5:11-13

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¹¹ When goods increase, those who eat them increase, and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

¹² Sweet is the sleep of laborers, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not let them sleep.^(A)

¹³ There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,^(B)