Bible in Basic English
"He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose."
— Ecclesiastes 5:10, Bible in Basic English
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. ”
“He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.”
“Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.”
Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.