God gives us earthly things to support us and to give us enjoyment, but we need to keep these things in their proper place and not love them more than God.
BibleGateway: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 ESV Text: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 KJV Text: The section starts at about 1:0 and ends at about 3:6 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that…