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

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

This

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

General references

The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;