ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a grievous evil [which] I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

13, 14. Proofs of God's judgments even in this world (Pr 11:31). The rich oppressor's wealth provokes enemies, robbers, &c. Then, after having kept it for an expected son, he loses it beforehand by misfortune ("by evil travail"), and the son is born to be heir of poverty. Ec 2:19, 23 gives another aspect of the same subject.

ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a grievous evil [which] I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

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