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Ecclesiastes · read by David Platt
9 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
Ecclesiastes 2
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Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
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Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
Ecclesiastes 5
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He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
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When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
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The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
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There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
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or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
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As a man came from his mother's womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2
Ecclesiastes 12
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When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.Read from ESV · The Gospel, Possessions and Prosperity - Session 2