Don’t Depend on Wealth 1There is something else terribly unfair, and it troubles everyone on earth. 2God may give you everything you want—money, property, and wealth. Then God doesn’t let you enjoy it, and someone you don’t even know gets it all. That’s senseless and terribly unfair! 3You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial. 4-5That child will never live to see the sun or to have a name, and it will go straight to the world of darkness. But it will still find more rest than you, 6even if you live two thousand years and don’t enjoy life. As you know, we all end up in the same place. 7We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied. 8We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn’t do us any good to try to live right. 9It’s better to enjoy what we have than to always want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.6.9 chasing the wind: See the note at 1.14. 10Everything that happens was decided long ago. We humans know what we are like, and we can’t argue with God, because he is6.10 with God, because he is: Or “with anyone who is.” too strong for us. 11The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk? 12Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone? God blesses those people who make peace. They will be called his children! https://temtube.com/
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