OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 5:14

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

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Verse 14. Labour. All must die in this manner. But it is most afflicting that he was formerly rich, and must leave his son indigent. Calmet.

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