Verse 11
When goods{H2896} increase,{H7235} they are increased{H7231} that eat{H398} them; and what advantage{H3788} is there to the owner{H1167} thereof, save{H518} the beholding{H7207} [of them] with his eyes?{H5869}
Referenced Verses
- Gen 12:16 : 16 And he dealt{H3190} well{H3190} with Abram{H87} for her sake: and he had sheep,{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} and he-asses,{H2543} and men-servants,{H5650} and maid-servants,{H8198} and she-asses,{H860} and camels.{H1581}
- Gen 13:2 : 2 And Abram{H87} was very{H3966} rich{H3513} in cattle,{H4735} in silver,{H3701} and in gold.{H2091}
- Gen 13:5-7 : 5 And Lot{H3876} also, who went{H1980} with{H854} Abram,{H87} had flocks,{H6629} and herds,{H1241} and tents.{H168} 6 And the land{H776} was not able to bear{H5375} them, that they might dwell{H3427} together:{H3162} for their substance{H7399} was great,{H7227} so that they could{H3201} not dwell{H3427} together.{H3162} 7 And there was a strife{H7379} between the herdsmen{H7462} of Abram's{H87} cattle{H4735} and the herdsmen{H7462} of Lot's{H3876} cattle:{H4735} and the Canaanite{H3669} and the Perizzite{H6522} dwelt{H3427} then in the land.{H776}
- Josh 7:21-25 : 21 when I saw{H7200} among the spoil{H7998} a{H259} goodly{H2896} Babylonish{H8152} mantle,{H155} and two hundred{H3967} shekels{H8255} of silver,{H3701} and a{H259} wedge{H3956} of gold{H2091} of fifty{H2572} shekels{H8255} weight,{H4948} then I coveted{H2530} them, and took{H3947} them; and, behold, they are hid{H2934} in the earth{H776} in the midst{H8432} of my tent,{H168} and the silver{H3701} under it. 22 So Joshua{H3091} sent{H7971} messengers,{H4397} and they ran{H7323} unto the tent;{H168} and, behold, it was hid{H2934} in his tent,{H168} and the silver{H3701} under it. 23 And they took{H3947} them from the midst{H8432} of the tent,{H168} and brought{H935} them unto Joshua,{H3091} and unto all the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and they laid them down{H3332} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} 24 And Joshua,{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} with him, took{H3947} Achan{H5912} the son{H1121} of Zerah,{H2226} and the silver,{H3701} and the mantle,{H155} and the wedge{H3956} of gold,{H2091} and his sons,{H1121} and his daughters,{H1323} and his oxen,{H7794} and his asses,{H2543} and his sheep,{H6629} and his tent,{H168} and all that he had: and they brought{H5927} them up unto the valley{H6010} of Achor.{H5911} 25 And Joshua{H3091} said,{H559} Why{H4100} hast thou troubled{H5916} us? Jehovah{H3068} shall trouble{H5916} thee this day.{H3117} And all Israel{H3478} stoned{H7275} him with stones;{H68} and they burned{H8313} them with fire,{H784} and stoned{H5619} them with stones.{H68}
- 1 Kgs 4:22-23 : 22 And Solomon's{H8010} provision{H3899} for one{H259} day{H3117} was thirty{H7970} measures{H3734} of fine flour,{H5560} and threescore{H8346} measures{H3734} of meal,{H7058} 23 ten{H6235} fat{H1277} oxen,{H1241} and twenty{H6242} oxen{H1241} out of the pastures,{H7471} and a hundred{H3967} sheep,{H6629} besides harts,{H354} and gazelles,{H3180} and roebucks,{H6643} and fatted{H75} fowl.{H1257}
- 1 Kgs 5:13-16 : 13 And king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} raised{H5927} a levy{H4522} out of all Israel;{H3478} and the levy{H4522} was thirty{H7970} thousand{H505} men.{H376} 14 And he sent{H7971} them to Lebanon,{H3844} ten{H6235} thousand{H505} a month{H2320} by courses;{H2487} a month{H2320} they were in Lebanon,{H3844} and two{H8147} months{H2320} at home;{H1004} and Adoniram{H141} was over the men subject to taskwork.{H4522} 15 And Solomon{H8010} had threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} that bare{H5375} burdens,{H5449} and fourscore{H8084} thousand{H505} that were hewers{H2672} in the mountains;{H2022} 16 besides Solomon's{H8010} chief{H8269} officers{H5324} that were over the work,{H4399} three{H7969} thousand{H505} and three{H7969} hundred,{H3967} who bare rule{H7287} over the people{H5971} that wrought{H6213} in the work.{H4399}
- Neh 5:17-18 : 17 Moreover there were at my table,{H7979} of the Jews{H3064} and the rulers,{H5461} a hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} men, besides those that came{H935} unto us from among the nations{H1471} that were round about us.{H5439} 18 Now that which was prepared{H6213} for one day{H3117} was one{H259} ox{H7794} and six{H8337} choice{H1305} sheep;{H6629} also fowls{H6833} were prepared{H6213} for me, and once in ten{H6235} days{H3117} store{H7235} of all sorts of wine:{H3196} yet for all{H5973} this I demanded{H1245} not the bread{H3899} of the governor,{H6346} because the bondage{H5656} was heavy{H3513} upon this people.{H5971}
- Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Incline{H5186} my heart{H3820} unto thy testimonies,{H5715} And not to covetousness.{H1215} 37 Turn away{H5674} mine eyes{H5869} from beholding{H7200} vanity,{H7723} And quicken{H2421} me in thy ways.{H1870}
- Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set{H5774} thine eyes{H5869} upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly{H6213} make{H6213} themselves wings,{H3671} Like an eagle{H5404} that flieth{H5774} toward heaven.{H8064}
- Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better{H2896} is the sight{H4758} of the eyes{H5869} than the wandering{H1980} of the desire:{H5315} this also is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}
- Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice,{H8055} O young man,{H970} in thy youth,{H3208} and let thy heart{H3820} cheer{H2895} thee in the days{H3117} of thy youth,{H979} and walk{H1980} in the ways{H1870} of thy heart,{H3820} and in the sight{H4758} of thine eyes;{H5869} but know{H3045} thou, that for all these things God{H430} will bring{H935} thee into judgment.{H4941}
- Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge{H7124} that sitteth{H1716} on [eggs] which she hath not laid,{H3205} so is he that getteth{H6213} riches,{H6239} and not by right;{H4941} in the midst{H2677} of his days{H3117} they shall leave{H5800} him, and at his end{H319} he shall be a fool.{H5036}
- Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} that the peoples{H5971} labor{H3021} for the{H1767} fire,{H784} and the nations{H3816} weary{H3286} themselves for{H1767} vanity?{H7385}
- 1 John 2:16 : 16 For{G3754} all that{G3956} is in{G1722} the world,{G2889} the lust{G1939} of the flesh{G4561} and{G2532} the lust{G1939} of the eyes{G3788} and{G2532} the vain glory{G212} of life,{G979} is{G2076} not{G3756} of{G1537} the Father,{G3962} but{G235} is{G2076} of{G1537} the world.{G2889}