Ecclesiastes 5:12
Sweet `is' the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 3:24 : 24 If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
- Jer 31:26 : 26 On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.
- Ps 4:8 : 8 In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!
- Ps 127:2 : 2 Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.
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- Eccl 5:13-142 verses80%
13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
- Eccl 5:9-113 verses79%
9And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.
11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?
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13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.
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2Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.
- Prov 24:33-342 verses77%
33A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
- Prov 6:9-113 verses76%
9Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
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15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
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2A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.
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19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
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7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
- Eccl 5:17-204 verses73%
17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
18Lo, that which I have seen: `It is' good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it `is' his portion.
19Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God.
20For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.
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16When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
- Eccl 2:23-253 verses72%
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.
24There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.
25For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?
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26On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.
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6`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'
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11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
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4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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15In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
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26A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused `him' to bend over it.
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16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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24If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
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7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.
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16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
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5Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.
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18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.
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4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
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4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
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23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.
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21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.
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4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
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12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
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13In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
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22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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16Better `is' the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
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15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.