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Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
Legacy Standard Bible

7 For in many dreams and vanities are many words. Rather, [a](A)fear God.

The Vanity of Riches

8 If you see (B)oppression of the poor and (C)robbery of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be (D)astonished over the [b]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.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:7 Or reverence
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:8 Lit delight
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Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
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7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.(A)

Riches Are Meaningless

8 If you see the poor oppressed(B) in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. 9 The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

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