“The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, Whether he eats little or much” (Ecclesiastes 5:12, NKJV). This verse notices something simple: honest labor tends to produce genuinely restful sleep, regardless of how much or little the laborer has.
That’s worth contrasting with the restless nights that often accompany anxious accumulation rather than honest work.
Sweet sleep, in this picture, isn’t a reward for wealth. It’s a fruit of labor honestly done, available regardless of how much is in the bank account.
Has your own sleep felt more like this sweet rest lately, or more like the restlessness that comes from anxious striving rather than honest labor?