Ecclesiastes 5:17

Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire

¹⁶ And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind? ¹⁷ Also all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. ¹⁸ Behold that which I have seen. it is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

All the Days of His Life

Psalm 127:2

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep.

Genesis 3:17

And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a jar. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, so that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, so that we may eat it and die.

2 Kings 1:2

And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper room in Samaria, and was sick. And he sent messengers and said to them, Go, ask of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

2 Kings 1:6

And they said to him, A man came up to meet us and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and say to him, So says Jehovah, Is it not because no God is in Israel that you go to ask of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Therefore, you shall not come down from that bed on which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

2 Kings 5:27

And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

2 Chronicles 16:10-12

And Asa was angry with the seer and put him in a prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 24:24-25

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the God of the fathers. And they executed judgment against Joash.

Job 21:25

And another dies with bitter soul, and never eats with pleasure.

Psalm 78:33

Therefore He ended their days in vanity and their years in trouble.

Psalm 90:7-11

For we are burned up by Your anger, and by Your wrath we are troubled.

Psalm 102:9

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,

Proverbs 1:27-29

when your fear comes as a wasting away, and your ruin comes like a tempest when trouble and pain come upon you.

Ezekiel 4:16-17

And He said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. And they shall eat bread by weight, and with care. And they shall drink water by measure, and in silence,

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and gave up the spirit.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and many sleep.