<p class="poetry">Long life<n id="1" /> is in her right hand;p> <p class="poetry">in her left hand are riches and honor.p>

<p class="poetry">Riches and honor are with me,p> <p class="poetry">long-lasting wealth and righteousness.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab,

<p class="poetry">A generous woman<n id="1" /> gains honor,p> <p class="poetry">and ruthless men<n id="2" /> seize wealth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The reward<n id="1" /> for humility<n id="2" /> and fearing the <sc>Lordsc><n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">is riches and honor and life.p>

He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor.<n id="1" /> His son Solomon succeeded him.

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is<n id="1" /> a misfortune<n id="2" /> on earth<n id="3" /> that I have seen:p> <p class="poetry">Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.p>

Furthermore, I am giving<n id="1" /> you what you did not request &#8211; riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> made his kingdom secure;<n id="1" /> all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time<n id="1" /> &#8211; a hundred and eighty days, to be exact!<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">The person who gathers wealth by unjust meansp> <p class="poetry">is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The men of Israel said, &#8220;Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so<n id="1" /> to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father&#8217;s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.&#8221;p>

God said to him, &#8220;Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies,<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions,p> <p class="poetry">he has also given him the ability<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil;p> <p class="poetry">these things<n id="2" /> are the gift of God.p>

<p class="poetry">God gives a man riches, property, and wealthp> <p class="poetry">so that he lacks nothing that his heart<n id="1" /> desires,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">yet God does not enable<n id="3" /> him to enjoy<n id="4" /> the fruit of his labor<n id="5" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">instead, someone else<n id="6" /> enjoys<n id="7" /> it!<n id="8" />p> <p class="poetry">This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.<n id="9" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Again,<n id="1" /> I observed this on the earth:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the race is not always<n id="3" /> won by the swiftest,p> <p class="poetry">the battle is not always won by the strongest;p> <p class="poetry">prosperity<n id="4" /> does not always belong to those who are the wisest,p> <p class="poetry">wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning,p> <p class="poetry">nor does success<n id="5" /> always come to those with the most knowledge &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">for time and chance may overcome<n id="6" /> them all.p>

Now I will tell you the truth.p><t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Three<n id="1" /> more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth<n id="2" /> king will be unusually rich,<n id="3" /> more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against<n id="4" /> the kingdom of Greece.

<p class="bodytext">God said to Solomon, &#8220;Because you desire this,<n id="1" /> and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies,<n id="2" /> and because you did not ask for long life,<n id="3" /> but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

<p class="poetry">A man who is all alone with no companion,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has no children nor siblings;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">yet there is no end to all his toil,p> <p class="poetry">and he<n id="3" /> is never satisfied with riches.p> <p class="poetry">He laments,<n id="4" /> &#8220;For whom am I toiling and depriving myself<n id="5" /> of pleasure?&#8221;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">This also is futile and a burdensome task!<n id="7" />p>