Yea, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given to him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

And I have [also] given to you what you have not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been anyone like you among kings.

And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him.

And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for great wealth, nor glory, nor the life of your enemies, and you have not asked for long life; but have asked for yourself wisdom and understanding, that you might judge My people, over whom I have made you king;

O king, the Most High God gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory.

I enlarged my work; I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards.

I made myself pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.

Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces. I procured for myself singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.

And whatever my eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my portion of all my labor.

For the Lord your God will bring you into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains;

a land on which you shall not eat your bread with poverty, and you shall not need anything upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains you shall dig brass.

And whenever you shall go, you shall come in upon a secure people, and the land is extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no lack of anything that the earth affords.

Their houses are prosperous, and safe from fear, neither is the rod of the Lord upon them.

And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before [them], taking up the psaltery and harp;

And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave.

What is the Mighty One, that we should serve Him? And what profit is there that we should approach Him?

because of the enemies of Your hand. O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with Your hidden [treasures]; they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant [of their possessions] to their babes.

Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness; they have fulfilled their intention.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid away for many years; relax; eat, drink, and be merry."'

But God said to him, ['You] fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

A nation which you know not shall eat the produce of your land, and all your labors; and you shall be perpetually injured and crushed.

The stranger that is within you shall be lifted up, and you shall be brought down very low.

Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain; he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.

Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers.

Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew [it] not; and gray hairs came upon him, and he knew [it] not.

And I saw all labor, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

There is one [alone], and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth. And for whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

And this is also an evil infirmity; for as he came, so also shall he return. And what is his gain, for which he labors in vain?