There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his [own] hurt.

For it happens to a man in all his labor, and in the purpose of his heart in which he labors under the sun.

For all his days [are] sorrowful, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

And turn not aside after [the gods] that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

The priest said not, Where is the Lord? And they that held by the law knew Me not: the shepherds also sinned against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

For what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul?

What advantage [is there] to a man in all his labor that he takes under the sun?

He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

We have conceived, O Lord, because of Your fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of Your salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth; we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall.

For they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for [upon] Him God the Father has set [His] seal."