Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:11

Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:11 - 5:11

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 5:11 - 5:11

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:10 - 5:10
5:11 - 5:11
5:12 - 5:12
5:13 - 5:13
5:14 - 5:14
5:15 - 5:15
5:17 - 5:17
5:18 - 5:18
5:20 - 5:20

When goods increase - An increase of property always brings an increase of expense, by a multitude of servants; and the owner really possesses no more, and probably enjoys much less, than he did, when every day provided its own bread, and could lay up no store for the next. But if he have more enjoyment, his cares are multiplied; and he has no kind of profit. “This also is vanity.”