Ecclesiastes 5:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

(5:11) The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:24 : 24 If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
  • Jer 31:26 : 26 Therefore I awaked and behelde, and my sleepe was sweete vnto me.
  • Ps 4:8 : 8 I will lay mee downe, and also sleepe in peace: for thou, Lord, onely makest me dwell in safetie.
  • Ps 127:2 : 2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

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    13 (5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

    14 (5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Eccl 5:9-11
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    9 (5:8) And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King also consisteth by the fielde that is tilled.

    10 (5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

    11 (5:10) When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good commeth to the owners thereof, but the beholding thereof with their eyes?

  • Prov 20:13
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    13 Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Ps 127:2
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    2 It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

  • Prov 24:33-34
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    33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

    34 So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Prov 6:9-11
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    9 Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?

    10 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

    11 Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2 A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.

  • Job 27:19
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    19 When the rich man sleepeth, he shal not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7 All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Eccl 5:17-20
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    17 (5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

    18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.

    19 (5:18) Also to euery man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures, and giueth him power to eate thereof, and to take his part, and to enioy his labour: this is the gift of God.

    20 (5:19) Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.

  • Eccl 8:16
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    16 When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

  • Eccl 2:23-25
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    23 For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

    24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

    25 For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?

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    26 Therefore I awaked and behelde, and my sleepe was sweete vnto me.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6 Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

  • Job 33:15
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    15 In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,

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    26 The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • Prov 3:24
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    24 If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16 For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall.

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    5 Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

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    18 He shal restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, & he shal enioy it no more.

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    4 Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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    4 Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

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    23 Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

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    19 He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

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    21 For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

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    12 Furthermore if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge,

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    13 In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,

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    16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

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    15 The riche mans goodes are his strong citie: but the feare of the needie is their pouertie.