Thematic Bible: Vanity of heaping up


Thematic Bible



I gathered unto myself also silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I obtained men singers and women singers and all the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and those of all sorts. Verse ConceptsChoirsThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeSingersSupplied With Money

At last I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them. Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

He that loves money shall not be satisfied with money; nor he that loves abundance with increase; this is also vanity. When goods increase, those that eat them are increased; and what good is there to the owners thereof, except the beholding of them with their eyes?