Ecclesiastes 5:11 · KJV
“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good {is there} to the owners thereof, saving the beholding {of them} with their eyes?”
— Ecclesiastes 5:11
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this {is} also vanity.
The sleep of a labouring man {is} sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 5 — Context
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king {himself} is served by the field.
10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this {is} also vanity.
11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good {is there} to the owners thereof, saving the beholding {of them} with their eyes?
12The sleep of a labouring man {is} sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Cross References
1 John 2:16
For all that {is} in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, {is it} not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? {for...: or, in vain?}
Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. {set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}
Psalms 119:36-37
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better {is} the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this {is} also vanity and vexation of spirit. {than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}
1 Kings 5:13-16
And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. {levy: Heb. tribute of men}
Genesis 13:5-7
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these {things} God will bring thee into judgment.
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