"There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt." — Ecclesiastes 5:13

Ecclesiastes 5:13 · KJV

“There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”

— Ecclesiastes 5:13

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.

Verse 14

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

Ecclesiastes 5 — Context

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?

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.

There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it {is} common among men:

Luke 18:22-23

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Luke 16:22-23

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

James 5:1-4

Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.

Isaiah 32:6-8

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}