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.