Keep{H8104} thy foot{H7272} when thou goest{H3212} to the house{H1004} of God;{H430} for to draw nigh{H7138} to hear{H8085} is better than to give{H5414} the sacrifice{H2077} of fools:{H3684} for they know{H3045} not that they do{H6213} evil.{H7451}

Be not rash{H926} with thy mouth,{H6310} and let not thy heart{H3820} be hasty{H4116} to utter{H3318} anything{H1697} before{H6440} God;{H430} for God{H430} is in heaven,{H8064} and thou upon earth:{H776} therefore let thy words{H1697} be few.{H4592}

For a dream{H2472} cometh{H935} with a multitude{H7230} of business,{H6045} and a fool's{H3684} voice{H6963} with a multitude{H7230} of words.{H1697}

When thou vowest{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto God,{H430} defer{H309} not to pay{H7999} it; for he hath no pleasure{H2656} in fools:{H3684} pay{H7999} that which thou vowest.{H5087}

Better{H2896} is it that thou shouldest not vow,{H5087} than that thou shouldest vow{H5087} and not pay.{H7999}

Suffer{H5414} not thy mouth{H6310} to cause thy flesh{H1320} to sin;{H2398} neither say{H559} thou before{H6440} the angel,{H4397} that it was an error:{H7684} wherefore should God{H430} be angry{H7107} at thy voice,{H6963} and destroy{H2254} the work{H4639} of thy hands?{H3027}

For in the multitude{H7230} of dreams{H2472} there are vanities,{H1892} and in many{H7235} words:{H1697} but fear{H3372} thou God.{H430}

If thou seest{H7200} the oppression{H6233} of the poor,{H7326} and the violent{H1499} taking away of justice{H6664} and righteousness{H4941} in a province,{H4082} marvel{H8539} not at the matter:{H2656} for one higher{H1364} than the high{H1364} regardeth;{H8104} and there are higher{H1364} than they.{H5921}

Moreover the profit{H3504} of the earth{H776} is for all: the king{H4428} [himself] is served{H5647} by the field.{H7704}

He that loveth{H157} silver{H3701} shall not be satisfied{H7646} with silver;{H3701} nor he that loveth{H157} abundance,{H1995} with increase:{H8393} this also is vanity.{H1892}

When goods{H2896} increase,{H7235} they are increased{H7231} that eat{H398} them; and what advantage{H3788} is there to the owner{H1167} thereof, save{H518} the beholding{H7207} [of them] with his eyes?{H5869}

The sleep{H8142} of a laboring man{H5647} is sweet,{H4966} whether he eat{H398} little{H4592} or much;{H7235} but the fulness{H7647} of the rich{H6223} will not suffer{H3240} him to sleep.{H3462}

There is{H3426} a grievous{H2470} evil{H7451} which I have seen{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} [namely], riches{H6239} kept{H8104} by the owner{H1167} thereof to his hurt:{H7451}

and those riches{H6239} perish{H6} by evil{H7451} adventure;{H6045} and if he hath begotten{H3205} a son,{H1121} there is nothing{H3972} in his hand.{H3027}

As he came forth{H3318} from his mother's{H517} womb,{H990} naked{H6174} shall he go{H3212} again{H7725} as he came,{H935} and shall take{H5375} nothing{H3972} for his labor,{H5999} which he may carry away{H3212} in his hand.{H3027}

And this{H2090} also is a grievous{H2470} evil,{H7451} that in all points{H5980} as he came,{H935} so shall he go:{H3212} and what profit{H3504} hath he that he laboreth{H5998} for the wind?{H7307}

All his days{H3117} also he eateth{H398} in darkness,{H2822} and he is sore{H7235} vexed,{H3707} and hath sickness{H2483} and wrath.{H7110}

Behold, that which I have seen{H7200} to be good{H2896} and to be comely{H3303} is for one to eat{H398} and to drink,{H8354} and to enjoy{H7200} good{H2896} in all his labor,{H5999} wherein he laboreth{H5998} under the sun,{H8121} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his life{H2416} which God{H430} hath given{H5414} him: for this is his portion.{H2506}

Every man{H120} also to whom God{H430} hath given{H5414} riches{H6239} and wealth,{H5233} and hath given him power{H7980} to eat{H398} thereof, and to take{H5375} his portion,{H2506} and to rejoice{H8055} in his labor —{H5999} this{H2090} is the gift{H4991} of God.{H430}

For he shall not much{H7235} remember{H2142} the days{H3117} of his life;{H2416} because God{H430} answereth{H6031} [him] in the joy{H8057} of his heart.{H3820}