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

Consider someone who is alone, having neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his work, and he is never satisfied with wealth. "So for whom do I work," he asks, "and deprive myself of pleasure?" This, too, is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

Why do you make evil the foundation of your boasting, mighty one? God's gracious love never ceases.

Don't trust in oppression or put false hope in stealing; if you become wealthy, do not set your heart on it.

The leech has two daughters: "Give" and "Give". Three things will never be satisfied; four will never say "Enough" -

Moreover, just as wine leads astray the proud and powerful man, he remains restless; he has expanded his appetite like the afterlife or death itself, he is never satisfied. He gathers to himself all of the nations, taking captive all of the people for himself."

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.

This

So I dedicated myself to learn about wisdom and knowledge, and about insanity and foolishness. And I discovered that this is also like chasing after the wind.

Then I examined all of my accomplishments that I had brought about by my own efforts, including the work that I had labored so hard to complete and it was all pointless, like chasing after the wind, and there was nothing to be gained on earth.

For what happens to people also happens to animals a single event happens to them: just as someone dies, so does the other. In fact, they all breathe the same way, so that a human being has no superiority over an animal. All of this is pointless.

Then I examined all sorts of work, including all kinds of excellent achievements that create envy in others. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.

General references

But the land could not support them living together, because they had so many livestock that they could not stay together.

"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless."

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.