Ecclesiastes 5:14

That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.

1 Samuel 2:6-8

The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.

Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’”

1 Kings 14:26

He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

Job 5:5

The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

Job 20:15-29

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.

Job 27:16-17

Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

Psalm 109:9-12

Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

Proverbs 23:5

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Haggai 1:9

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Haggai 2:16-17

what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20.

Matthew 6:19-20

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Those

And he

1 Samuel 2:6

1 Kings 14:26

Psalm 109:9

General references

Matthew 6:19

Bible References

Those

The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.

Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up a wardrobe like clay—

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20.

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

And he

The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.

He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

General references

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.