21_ECC_05_01 keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God , And be more ready to hear , than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil .
21_ECC_05_02 be not rash with thy mouth , And let not thine heart be hasty to utter [ any ] thing before God : for God [ Is ] in heaven , And thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few .
21_ECC_05_03 for A dream cometh through the multitude of business ; And A fool's voice [ Is known ] by multitude of words .
21_ECC_05_04 when thou vowest A vow unto God , defer not to pay it ; for [ he hath ] no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed .
21_ECC_05_05 Better [ Is it ] that thou shouldest not vow , than that thou shouldest vow And not pay .
21_ECC_05_06 suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin ; neither say thou before the angel , that it [ was ] an error : Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice , And destroy the work of thine hands ?
21_ECC_05_07 for in the multitude of dreams And Many words [ there are ] also [ divers ] vanities : but Fear thou God .
21_ECC_05_08 if thou seest the oppression of the poor , And violent perverting of judgment And justice in A province , marvel not at the matter : for [ he that Is ] higher than the highest regardeth ; And [ there be ] higher than they .
21_ECC_05_09 moreover the profit of the earth Is for all : the king [ himself ] Is served by the field .
21_ECC_05_10 he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this [ Is ] also vanity .
21_ECC_05_11 when goods increase , they are increased that eat them : And what good [ Is there ] to the owners thereof , saving the beholding [ of them ] with their eyes ?
21_ECC_05_12 the Sleep of A labouring man [ Is ] sweet , whether he eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to Sleep .
21_ECC_05_13 there Is A sore evil [ which ] I have seen under the sun , [ namely ] , riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt .
21_ECC_05_14 but those riches perish by evil travail : And he begetteth A son , And [ there Is ] nothing in his hand .
21_ECC_05_15 as he came forth of his mother's womb , naked shall he Return to go as he came , And shall take nothing of his labour , which he may carry away in his hand .
21_ECC_05_16 And this also [ Is ] A sore evil , [ that ] in all points as he came , So shall he go : And what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind ?
21_ECC_05_17 all his days also he eateth in darkness , And [ he hath ] much sorrow And wrath with his sickness .
21_ECC_05_18 behold [ that ] which I have seen : [ it Is ] good And comely [ for one ] to eat And to drink , And to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life , which God giveth him : for it [ Is ] his portion .
21_ECC_05_19 every man also to whom God hath given riches And wealth , And hath given him power to eat thereof , And to take his portion , And to Rejoice in his labour ; this [ Is ] the gift of God .
21_ECC_05_20 for he shall not much Remember the days of his life ; because God answereth [ him ] in the joy of his heart .