Ecclesiastes 5:10

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As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

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  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!
  • Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."
  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
  • Eccl 4:16 : 16 There is no end to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
  • Eccl 6:7 : 7 All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.
  • Hab 2:5-7 : 5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own. 6 Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?" 7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.
  • Eccl 2:17-18 : 17 So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 18 I hated all my toil under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
  • Eccl 3:19 : 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
  • Prov 30:15-16 : 15 The leech has two daughters: 'Give! Give!' There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!' 16 The grave, the barren womb, land that is never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, 'Enough!'
  • Eccl 1:17 : 17 Then I set my heart to understand wisdom, as well as madness and folly, but I learned that this too is a chasing after the wind.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.

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    11The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.

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    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

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    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

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    2God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires. Yet God does not enable him to enjoy them, but instead a foreigner eats them. This is meaningless and a grievous misfortune.

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    17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

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  • Prov 23:4-5
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    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

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    9Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.

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    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

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    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

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    19Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

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    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

  • Hab 2:6
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    6Will not all these take up a taunt against him, with mocking sayings and riddles? They will say, "Woe to him who amasses what is not his! How long will this go on? And who weighs himself down with stolen goods?"

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    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

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    27Whoever is greedy for gain troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.

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    6The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a trap of death.

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    2“Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

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