Ecclesiastes 2:23

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23 Because all his days his endeavor is painful and ^avexing; even at night his heart ^bdoes not lie down. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-17

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10 ^aHe who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its produce. This too is ¹vanity. 11 ^aWhen good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the success to their masters except to look on with their eyes? 12 The sleep of the laboring man is ^asweet, whether he eats little or much; but the satisfaction of the rich man does not ¹allow him to sleep.
13 There is a sickening evil which I have seen under the sun: ^ariches being ¹hoarded by their master to his own evil demise. 14 And those riches were lost through a bad endeavor; and he became the father of a son, but there was nothing in his hand for him. 15 ^aAs he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will ^bcarry nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can bring in his hand. 16 This also is a sickening evil—exactly as a man came, so will he go. So ^awhat is the advantage to him who ^blabors for the wind? 17 Also, all his days ^ahe eats in darkness with ^bmuch vexation, and his sickness and anger.