Ecclesiastes 5:7-9

EasyEnglish Bible

⁷ If you dream all the time or if you talk all the time, that has no purpose. Instead, respect God and obey him.

Money does not make you happy

⁸ You may see a place where poor people are suffering. Powerful people may be hurting them. Do not be surprised if you see that. The judges may not be doing what is right and fair. That happens because the government's officers have to obey people who are more important than them. ⁹ All of them take something for themselves from the land. The king himself receives his share of the crops.