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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Fulfill Your Vow to God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:17, and 5:2-20 is numbered 5:1-19.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.5.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not be quick with your mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">do not be hasty in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">to utter anything before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">God is in heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">and you are on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">so let your words be few.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A dream comes when there are many cares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.5.3"><span class="content">and many words mark the speech of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.5.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, &#8220;My vow was a mistake.&#8221; Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Riches Are Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.5.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.5.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Whoever loves money never has enough;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.5.10"><span class="content">whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.5.10"><span class="content">This too is meaningless.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.5.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As goods increase,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.5.11"><span class="content">so do those who consume them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.5.11"><span class="content">And what benefit are they to the owners</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.5.11"><span class="content">except to feast their eyes on them?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.5.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.5.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The sleep of a laborer is sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.5.12"><span class="content">whether they eat little or much,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.5.12"><span class="content">but as for the rich, their abundance</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.5.12"><span class="content">permits them no sleep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.5.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.5.13"><span class="content">wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.5.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">or wealth lost through some misfortune,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.5.14"><span class="content">so that when they have children</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.5.14"><span class="content">there is nothing left for them to inherit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.5.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Everyone comes naked from their mother&#8217;s womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.5.15"><span class="content">and as everyone comes, so they depart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.5.15"><span class="content">They take nothing from their toil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.5.15"><span class="content">that they can carry in their hands.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.5.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This too is a grievous evil:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.5.16"><span class="content">As everyone comes, so they depart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.5.16"><span class="content">and what do they gain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.5.16"><span class="content">since they toil for the wind?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.5.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">All their days they eat in darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.5.17"><span class="content">with great frustration, affliction and anger.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ECC.5.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ECC.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them&#8212;for this is their lot. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ECC.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil&#8212;this is a gift of God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ECC.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of 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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But Samuel replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.15.22"><span class="content">&#8220;Does the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.15.22"><span class="content">as much as in obeying the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.15.22"><span class="content">To obey is better than sacrifice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.15.22"><span class="content">and to heed is better than the fat of rams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.15.22"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his disciples: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">single cubit to your height</span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">?</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.12.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you&#8212;you of little faith!</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.12.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></span></span></div>
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