Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

He that

Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.
Psalm 52:1
For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.
Psalm 62:10
Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
Proverbs 30:15
The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give!”
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough!”:
Habakkuk 2:5
Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.
Matthew 6:19
“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
Luke 12:15
He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

This

Ecclesiastes 1:17
I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:19
For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

General references

Genesis 13:6
But the land was unable to support them as long as they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they could not stay together,
Ecclesiastes 1:2
“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”
Matthew 6:19
“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

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