Ecclesiastes 5:11

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Ecclesiastes 5:11

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

Genesis 12:16

And he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 13:5-7

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

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

1 Kings 4:22-23

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

1 Kings 5:13-16

And king Solomon raised forced labor out of all Israel; and the forced labor was thirty thousand men.

Nehemiah 5:17-18

Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that are about us.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Proverbs 23:5

Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

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

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor to feed the fire, and the people shall weary themselves in vain?

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of 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 he treated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and menservants, and maidservants, and female donkeys, and camels.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

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

And king Solomon raised forced labor out of all Israel; and the forced labor was thirty thousand men.

Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that are about us.

Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.

What

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor to feed the fire, and the people shall weary themselves in vain?

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

General references

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: