Ecclesiastes 5:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

Cross References

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Proverbs 13:23

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

Proverbs 28:19

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.