Ecclesiastes 5:11

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Ecclesiastes 5:11

When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

Genesis 12:16

And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 13:5-7

And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents,

when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath."

1 Kings 4:22-23

Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,

1 Kings 5:13-16

King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.

Nehemiah 5:17-18

Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!

Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 5:11

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?

They

What

1 John 2:16

General references

Genesis 13:6

Matthew 6:19

Bible References

They

And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,

King Solomon drafted forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.

Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!

What

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.

Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

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,

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