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There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીસભાશિક્ષક ૫:૧૩
મેં પૃથ્વી પર એક ભારે દુઃખ જોયું છે. એટલે દ્રવ્યનો માલિક પોતાના નુકસાનને માટે જ દ્રવ્ય-સંગ્રહ કરી રાખે છે તે.
हिन्दीसभोपदेशक ५:१३
मैंने सूर्य के नीचे एक बड़ी बुरी बला देखी है; अर्थात् वह धन जिसे उसके मालिक ने अपनी ही हानि के लिये रखा हो,

In context

11When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

15As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

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