Ecclesiastes 5:17

Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire

¹⁶ And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind? ¹⁷ Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound. ¹⁸ Lo, that which I have seen: It is good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it is his portion.

All the Days of His Life

Psalm 127:2

Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

Genesis 3:17

And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

1 Kings 17:12

And she saith, 'Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.'

2 Kings 1:2

and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that is in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, 'Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.'

2 Kings 1:6

And they say unto him, 'A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Is it because there is not a God in Israel -- thou art sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.'

2 Kings 5:27

yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, -- to the age;' and he goeth out from before him -- leprous as snow.

2 Chronicles 16:10-12

And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for he is in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 24:24-25

for with few men have the force of Aram come in, and Jehovah hath given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers; and with Joash they have executed judgments.

Job 21:25

And this one dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

Psalm 78:33

And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

Psalm 90:7-11

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

Psalm 102:9

Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

Proverbs 1:27-29

When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.

Ezekiel 4:16-17

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;

Acts 12:23

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

Because of this, among you many are weak and sickly, and sleep do many;