Ecclesiastes 5:11

When blessings are increased, increased are the eaters thereof, - what profit, then, to the owner of them saving the sight of his eyes?

Genesis 12:16

and with Abram, dealt he well for her sake, - so that he came to have flocks and herds and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses and camels.

Genesis 13:2

Now, Abram, was very rich, - in cattle, in silver and in gold.

Genesis 13:5-7

Now, Lot also, who was going with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.

Joshua 7:21-25

When I saw among the spoil a certain goodly mantle of Babylonia and two hundred shekels of silver and a certain wedge of gold - fifty shekels the weight thereof, then I coveted them, then I took them, - and, there they are, hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

1 Kings 4:22-23

And it came to pass, that Solomon's provision for one day was, - thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal;

1 Kings 5:13-16

And King Solomon raised a labour-band, out of all Israel, - and it came to pass that, the labour-band, was thirty thousand men.

Nehemiah 5:17-18

And, Jews and deputies, a hundred and fifty men, and they who were coming in unto us from among the nations which were round about us, depended upon my table.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eyes behold, than the wandering of desire, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou - in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, - yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

Jeremiah 17:11

As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice, - In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.

Habakkuk 2:13

Lo! is it not from Yahweh of hosts - that peoples labour for fire, and, populations, for emptiness, weary themselves?

1 John 2:16

Because, all that is in the world - the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life - is not of the Father, but is, of the world;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

General references

Bible References

They

Genesis 12:16
and with Abram, dealt he well for her sake, - so that he came to have flocks and herds and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses and camels.
Genesis 13:2
Now, Abram, was very rich, - in cattle, in silver and in gold.
1 Kings 4:22
And it came to pass, that Solomon's provision for one day was, - thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal;
1 Kings 5:13
And King Solomon raised a labour-band, out of all Israel, - and it came to pass that, the labour-band, was thirty thousand men.
Nehemiah 5:17
And, Jews and deputies, a hundred and fifty men, and they who were coming in unto us from among the nations which were round about us, depended upon my table.
Psalm 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.

What

Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better what the eyes behold, than the wandering of desire, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou - in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, - yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoil a certain goodly mantle of Babylonia and two hundred shekels of silver and a certain wedge of gold - fifty shekels the weight thereof, then I coveted them, then I took them, - and, there they are, hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice, - In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.
Habakkuk 2:13
Lo! is it not from Yahweh of hosts - that peoples labour for fire, and, populations, for emptiness, weary themselves?
1 John 2:16
Because, all that is in the world - the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life - is not of the Father, but is, of the world;

General references

Genesis 13:6
And the land suffered them not to dwell together, - because their substance had become, great, so that they could not dwell together.
Matthew 6:19
Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal;