Ecclesiastes 5:11

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Ecclesiastes 5:11

When the good thing increases, those who eat it increase; then what profit is it to its owners, except to see it with their eyes?

Genesis 12:16

And he treated Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and male servants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, 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 goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, I coveted them and took them. And behold, they are hidden in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.

1 Kings 4:22-23

And Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal,

1 Kings 5:13-16

And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel. And the labor force was thirty thousand men.

Nehemiah 5:17-18

And at my table were a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from among the nations around us.

Psalm 119:36-37

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

Proverbs 23:5

Will your eyes fly on it? And it is gone! For surely it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, in your youth, young man; 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

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?

1 John 2:16

because 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 he-asses, and male servants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and camels.

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

And Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal,

And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel. And the labor force was thirty thousand men.

And at my table were a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from among the nations around us.

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

What

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Will your eyes fly on it? And it is gone! For surely it makes wings for itself; it flies into the heavens like an eagle.

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?

because 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 live together. For their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.