Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:

Genesis 13:5-11

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

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out and spoke with his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Get up and get out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:26

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:31-38

And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

Proverbs 1:11-13

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who gains unjust gain; it takes away its owners' life.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple kills them, and the ease of fools destroys them.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:24-25

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Isaiah 32:6-8

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will take away the drink of the thirsty.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver nor their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make even a full, yea, a speedy end of all the dwellers in the land.

Luke 12:16-21

And He spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

Luke 16:1-13

And He also said to His disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And he was accused to him, that he had wasted his goods.

Luke 16:19

There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.

Luke 16:22-23

And it happened that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich one also died and was buried.

Luke 18:22-23

And when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, Yet you lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Luke 19:8

And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor. And in anything I accused anyone falsely, I restore it fourfold.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But they who will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which plunge men into destruction and perdition.

James 2:5-7

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

James 5:1-4

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

General references

Bible References

General references

Ecclesiastes 6:1
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:
Matthew 6:19
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.