Ecclesiastes 5:10

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Summary

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

He that

This

General references

Genesis 13:6

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Matthew 6:19

Bible References

He that

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, "Enough":

"Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples."

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

This

And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

General references

so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,