vanities in divine service,1-7; in murmuring against oppression,8; and in riches,9-17. Joy in riches is the gift of God.

thy foot Ge 28:16,17 Ex 3:5 Le 10:3 Jos 5:15 2Ch 26:16 Ps 89:7 Isa 1:12 1Co 11:22 Heb 12:28,29

ready Ac 10:33 17:11 Jas 1:19 1Pe 2:1,2

give Ge 4:3-5 1Sa 13:12,13 15:21,22 Ps 50:8-18 Pr 15:8 21:27 Isa 1:12-15 66:3 Jer 7:21-23 Ho 6:6,7 Mal 1:10,11 Heb 10:26

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

not rash Ge 18:27,30,32 28:20,22 Nu 30:2-5 Jud 11:30 1Sa 14:24-45 Mr 6:23

thing Ps 115:3 Isa 55:9 Mt 6:9

let thy 5:3,7 Pr 10:19 Mt 6:7 Jas 3:2

3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

a fool's 10:12-14 Pr 10:19 15:2

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

vowest Ge 28:20 35:1,3 Nu 30:2 De 23:21-23 Ps 50:14 76:11 119:106 Isa 19:21 Mt 5:33

for Ps 147:10,11 Mal 1:10 Heb 10:6

pay Ps 66:13,14 116:14,16-18 Jon 2:9

5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

De 23:22 Pr 20:25 Ac 5:4

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

thy mouth 5:1,2 Jas 1:26 3:2

before Le 5:4,5 Ge 48:16 Ho 12:4,5 Mal 2:7 3:1 Ac 7:30-35 1Co 11:10 1Ti 5:21 Heb 1:14

it was Le 4:5-6 27:9,10

destroy Hag 1:9-11 2:14-17 1Co 3:13-15 Isa 50:10,11

7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

in the 5:3 mat 12:36

but 7:18 8:12 12:13 Pr 23:17 Isa 50:10,11

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

thou seest 3:16 4:1 Ps 12:5 55:9 58:11 Pr 8:17 Hab 1:2,3,13

marvel Zec 8:6 1Jo 3:13 Re 17:6,7

matter Isa 10:5-7,12 46:10,11 Hab 1:12 Ac 4:27,28 Ro 11:33

for Isa 57:15 Lu 1:32,35,76

regardeth 1Ki 21:19,20 Job 20:19-29 27:8-23 Ps 10:17,18 12:5 58:10,11 82:1 83:18 140:11,12 Isa 3:15 6:2-6,12 8:4-7 Mic 2:1-3,9 3:1-4,9-12 6:10-13 Zec 7:9-13 Mal 3:5 Jas 2:13 5:2-7

higher than they 1Ch 21:15,16 Ps 95:3 Isa 37:36 Mt 13:41,42 Ac 12:7-10,23

9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

the profit Ge 1:29,30 3:17-19 Ps 104:14,15 115:16 Pr 13:23 27:23-27 28:19 Jer 40:10-12

the king 1Sa 8:12-17 1Ki 4:7-23 1Ch 27:26-31

10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

he that or the love of money increases in proportion as the money increases. 4:8 6:7 Ps 52:1,7 62:10 Pr 30:15,16 Hab 2:5-7 Mt 6:19,24 Lu 12:15 1Ti 6:10

this 1:17 2:11,17,18,26 3:19 4:4,8,16

11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

they Ge 12:16 13:2,5-7 1Ki 4:22,23 5:13-16 Ne 5:17,18 Ps 119:36,37

what 6:9 11:9 Jos 7:21-25 Pr 23:5 Jer 17:11 Hab 2:13 1Jo 2:16

12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Ps 4:8 127:2 Pr 3:24 Jer 31:26

13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

a sore 4:8 6:1,2

riches 8:9 Ge 13:5-11 14:16 19:14,26,31 Pr 1:11-13,19,32 11:4,24,25 Isa 2:20 32:6-8 Zep 1:18 Lu 12:16-21 16:1-13,19,22,23 18:22,23 Lu 19:8 1Ti 6:9,10 Jas 2:5-7 5:1-4

14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

those 2:26 Job 5:5 20:15-29 27:16,17 Ps 39:6 Pr 23:5 Hag 1:9 2:16,17 Mt 6:19,20

and he 1Sa 2:6-8,36 1Ki 14:26 Ps 109:9-12

15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Job 1:21 Ps 49:17 Lu 12:20 1Ti 6:7

16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

a sore 5:13 2:22,23

what 1Sa 12:21 Jer 2:8 Mr 8:36

for 1:3 Pr 11:29 Isa 26:18 Ho 8:7 Joh 6:27

17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

he eateth Ge 3:17 1Ki 17:12 Job 21:25 Ps 78:33 102:9 127:2 Eze 4:16,17

much 2Ki 1:2,6 5:27 2Ch 16:10-12 24:24,25 Ps 90:7-11 Pr 1:27-29 Ac 12:23 1Co 11:30-32

18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

it is good and comely 2:24 3:12,13,22 8:15 9:7 11:9 1Ti 6:17

the days 2:10 3:22 Jer 52:34

19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

to whom 2:24 3:13 6:2 De 8:18 1Ki 3:13

this is 2:24-26

20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

for he shall not much remember Ps 37:16

because De 28:8-12,47 Ps 4:6,7 Isa 64:5 65:13,14,21-24 Ro 5:1,5-11