Ecclesiastes 5:12
A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 3:24 : 24 Yf thou slepest, thou shalt not be afrayed, but shalt take thy rest & slepe swetely.
- Jer 31:26 : 26 When I herde this, I came agayne to myself, and mused, like as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe.
- Ps 4:8 : 8 Therfore wil I laye me downe in peace, & take my rest: for thou LORDE only settest me in a sure dwellynge.
- Ps 127:2 : 2 Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the watchman waketh but in vayne.
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- Eccl 5:13-142 verses80%
13 Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.
14 For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.
- Eccl 5:9-113 verses79%
9 The whole londe also with the feldes and all that is therin, is in subieccion and bondage vnto ye kinge.
10 He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge?
11 Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?
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13 Delyte not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouerte: but ope thine eyes, & thou shalt haue bred ynough.
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2 Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the watchman waketh but in vayne.
- Prov 24:33-342 verses77%
33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:
34 so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
- Prov 6:9-113 verses76%
9 How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe?
10 Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe:
11 so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
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15 Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
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2 when God geueth a man riches, goodes & honoure, so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre: and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same, but another man spedeth them. This is a vayne thinge & a miserable plage.
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19 When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.
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7 All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
- Eccl 5:17-204 verses73%
17 All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow.
18 Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refreshed of all his laboure, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him, for this is his porcion.
19 For vnto whom so euer God geueth riches, goodes and power, he geueth it him to enioye it, to take it for his porcion, and to be refreshed of his laboure: this is now the gifte of God.
20 For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse.
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16 When I applied my mynde to lerne wy?dome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde (and that of soch a fashion, yt I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night)
- Eccl 2:23-253 verses72%
23 but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?
24 Is it not better then for a ma to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his laboure? Yee I sawe that this also was a gifte of God:
25 For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?
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26 When I herde this, I came agayne to myself, and mused, like as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe.
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6 One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
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11 Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.
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4 An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.
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15 In dreames and visions of the night season (when slombrynge cometh vpo me, that they fall a slepe in their beddes)
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26 A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.
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16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.
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24 Yf thou slepest, thou shalt not be afrayed, but shalt take thy rest & slepe swetely.
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7 Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.
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16 For they can not slepe, excepte they haue first done some myschefe: nether take they eny rest, excepte they haue first done some harme.
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5 Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there:
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18 But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.
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4 let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber.
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4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.
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23 There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.
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19 He yt tylleth his londe, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he that foloweth ydilnesse, shal haue pouerte ynough.
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21 for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.
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4 The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.
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12 But yf it be a poore body, thou shalt not lye downe to slepe, with his pledge,
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13 with a vision in the night, when men are fallen a slepe.
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22 He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.
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16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
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15 The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.