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Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
New International Reader's Version
Ecclesiastes 5:7-9
New International Reader's Version
7 Dreaming too much and talking too much are meaningless. So have respect for God.
Riches Are Meaningless
8 Suppose you see poor people being mistreated somewhere. And what is being done to them isn’t right or fair. Don’t be surprised by that. One official is watched by a higher one. Officials who are even higher are watching both of them. 9 All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.
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