Ecclesiastes 5:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ The richer you are, the more mouths you have to feed. All you gain is the knowledge that you are rich. ¹² Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at least they can get a good night's sleep. The rich, however, have so much that they stay awake worrying.

¹³ Here is a terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for a time when they may need it,^[a]