Ecc5:10-6:2 Money (3/5)

# Money
## Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:2
### The Meaning of Life (3/5)

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1. *Sat am:* What is **Wisdom**? [(ch1)](# "ref")
1. *Sat pm:* Is there meaning in **Ambition**? [(ch2)](# "ref")
1. *Sun am:* Is there meaning in **Money**? [(ch5)](# "ref")
1. *Sun pm:* What is the **Fate** of mankind? [(ch9)](# "ref")
1. *Mon am:* What is the meaning of **Life**? [(ch12)](# "ref")

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# What is the purpose of **earning** money?

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[10](# "ref")
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, <br>
nor he who loves wealth with his income; <br>
this also is vanity.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:10 (ESV/CUV) (p.1/11)](# "ref")

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[11](# "ref")
When goods increase, they increase who eat them, <br>
and what advantage has their owner <br>
but to see them with his eyes?

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:11 (ESV/CUV) (p.2/11)](# "ref")

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[12](# "ref")
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, <br>
whether he eats little or much, <br>
but the full stomach of the rich <br>
will not let him sleep.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:12 (ESV/CUV) (p.3/11)](# "ref")

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[13](# "ref")
There is a grievous evil <br>
that I have seen under the sun: <br>
riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, <br>
[14](# "ref")
and those riches were lost in a bad venture.

And he is father of a son, <br>
but he has nothing in his hand.

[14](# "ref")
因 遭 遇 禍 患 ， 這 些 資 財 就 消 滅 ； <br>
那 人 若 生 了 兒 子 ， 手 裡 也 一 無 所 有 。
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[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:13-14 (ESV/CUV) (p.4/11)](# "ref")

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[15](# "ref")
As he came from his mother's womb <br>
he shall go again, naked as he came, <br>
and shall take nothing for his toil <br>
that he may carry away in his hand.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:15 (ESV/CUV) (p.5/11)](# "ref")

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[16](# "ref")
This also is a grievous evil: <br>
just as he came, so shall he go, <br>
and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?

[17](# "ref")
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness <br>
in much vexation and sickness and anger.

[17](# "ref")
並 且 他 終 身 在 黑 暗 中 吃 喝 ， <br>
多 有 煩 惱 ， 又 有 病 患 嘔 氣 。
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[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:16-17 (ESV/CUV) (p.6/11)](# "ref")

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[18](# "ref")
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting <br>
is to eat and drink and find enjoyment <br>
in all the toil with which one toils under the sun <br>
the few days of his life that God has given him, <br>
for this is his lot.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:18 (ESV/CUV) (p.7/11)](# "ref")

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[19](# "ref")
Everyone also to whom God has given <br>
wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, <br>
and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil<br>
-- this is the gift of God.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:19 (ESV/CUV) (p.8/11)](# "ref")

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[20](# "ref")
For he will not much remember <br>
the days of his life because <br>
God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 5:20 (ESV/CUV) (p.9/11)](# "ref")

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There is an evil that I have seen under the sun,<br>
and it lies heavy on mankind: <br>
[2](# "ref")
a man to whom God gives wealth,<br>
possessions, and honor,<br>
so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires,

[2](# "ref")
就 是 人 蒙 神 賜 他 資 財 、 豐 富 、 尊 榮 ， <br>
以 致 他 心 裡 所 願 的 一 樣 都 不 缺 ，
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[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 6:1-2 (ESV/CUV) (p.10/11)](# "ref")

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yet God does not give him power to enjoy them,<br>
but a stranger enjoys them.<br>
This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.

[Ecclesiastes 傳道書 6:2 (ESV/CUV) (p.11/11)](# "ref")

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## Money [(Ecc5)](# "ref")
1. Riches **Lost** [(5:13-17)](# "ref")
1. Riches **Unused** [(6:1-2)](# "ref")
1. A Life **Enriched** [(5:18-20)](# "ref")