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Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Wisdom. The writings of the wise are often perverted by perverse heretics. (St. Jerome) Idle heirs dissipate the possessions, which had been accumulated with such industry. (Calmet) Riches tend to encourage the profligacy of the heir. (Menochius)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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