Verse 11

When goods{H2896} increase{H7235}{(H8800)}, they are increased{H7231}{(H8804)} that eat{H398}{(H8802)} them: and what good{H3788} is there to the owners{H1167} thereof, saving{H518} the beholding{H7207}{(H8675)}{H7212}{(H8801)} of them with their eyes{H5869}?

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:16 : 16 And he entreated{H3190} Abram{H87} well{H3190}{(H8689)} for her sake: and he had sheep{H6629}, and oxen{H1241}, and he asses{H2543}, and menservants{H5650}, and maidservants{H8198}, and she asses{H860}, and camels{H1581}.
  • Gen 13:2 : 2 And Abram{H87} was very{H3966} rich{H3513}{(H8804)} in cattle{H4735}, in silver{H3701}, and in gold{H2091}.
  • Gen 13:5-7 : 5 And Lot{H3876} also, which went{H1980}{(H8802)} with{H854} Abram{H87}, had flocks{H6629}, and herds{H1241}, and tents{H168}. 6 And the land{H776} was not able to bear{H5375}{(H8804)} them, that they might dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} together{H3162}: for their substance{H7399} was great{H7227}, so that they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} together{H3162}. 7 And there was a strife{H7379} between the herdmen{H7462}{(H8802)} of Abram's{H87} cattle{H4735} and the herdmen{H7462}{(H8802)} of Lot's{H3876} cattle{H4735}: and the Canaanite{H3669} and the Perizzite{H6522} dwelled{H3427}{(H8802)} then in the land{H776}.
  • Josh 7:21-25 : 21 When I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} among the spoils{H7998} a{H259} goodly{H2896} Babylonish{H8152} garment{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}{(H8799)} them, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} them; and, behold, they are hid{H2934}{(H8803)} in the earth{H776} in the midst{H8432} of my tent{H168}, and the silver{H3701} under it. 22 So Joshua{H3091} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397}, and they ran{H7323}{(H8799)} unto the tent{H168}; and, behold, it was hid{H2934}{(H8803)} in his tent{H168}, and the silver{H3701} under it. 23 And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} them out of the midst{H8432} of the tent{H168}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} them unto Joshua{H3091}, and unto all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and laid them out{H3332}{(H8686)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}. 24 And Joshua{H3091}, and all Israel{H3478} with him, took{H3947}{(H8799)} Achan{H5912} the son{H1121} of Zerah{H2226}, and the silver{H3701}, and the garment{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}{(H8686)} them unto the valley{H6010} of Achor{H5911}. 25 And Joshua{H3091} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Why{H4100} hast thou troubled{H5916}{(H8804)} us? the LORD{H3068} shall trouble{H5916}{(H8799)} thee this day{H3117}. And all Israel{H3478} stoned{H7275}{(H8799)} him with stones{H68}, and burned{H8313}{(H8799)} them with fire{H784}, after they had stoned{H5619}{(H8799)} 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 an hundred{H3967} sheep{H6629}, beside harts{H354}, and roebucks{H6643}, and fallowdeer{H3180}, and fatted{H75}{(H8803)} fowl{H1257}.
  • 1 Kgs 5:13-16 : 13 And king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} raised{H5927}{(H8686)} a levy{H4522} out of all Israel{H3478}; and the levy{H4522} was thirty{H7970} thousand{H505} men{H376}. 14 And he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} 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 levy{H4522}. 15 And Solomon{H8010} had threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} that bare{H5375}{(H8802)} burdens{H5449}, and fourscore{H8084} thousand{H505} hewers{H2672}{(H8802)} in the mountains{H2022}; 16 Beside the chief{H8269} of Solomon's{H8010} officers{H5324}{(H8737)} which were over the work{H4399}, three{H7969} thousand{H505} and three{H7969} hundred{H3967}, which ruled{H7287}{(H8802)} over the people{H5971} that wrought{H6213}{(H8802)} in the work{H4399}.
  • Neh 5:17-18 : 17 Moreover there were at my table{H7979} an hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572}{H376} of the Jews{H3064} and rulers{H5461}, beside those that came{H935}{(H8802)} unto us from among the heathen{H1471} that are about us{H5439}. 18 Now that which was prepared{H6213}{(H8737)} for me daily{H3117} was one{H259} ox{H7794} and six{H8337} choice{H1305}{(H8803)} sheep{H6629}; also fowls{H6833} were prepared{H6213}{(H8738)} for me, and once in ten{H6235} days{H3117} store{H7235}{(H8687)} of all sorts of wine{H3196}: yet for all{H5973} this required{H1245}{(H8765)} not I the bread{H3899} of the governor{H6346}, because the bondage{H5656} was heavy{H3513}{(H8804)} upon this people{H5971}.
  • Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Incline{H5186}{(H8685)} my heart{H3820} unto thy testimonies{H5715}, and not to covetousness{H1215}. 37 Turn away{H5674}{(H8685)} mine eyes{H5869} from beholding{H7200}{(H8800)} vanity{H7723}; and quicken{H2421}{(H8761)} thou me in thy way{H1870}.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set{H5774}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H5774}{(H8799)} thine eyes{H5869} upon that which is not? for riches certainly{H6213}{(H8800)} make{H6213}{(H8799)} themselves wings{H3671}; they fly away{H5774}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H5774}{(H8687)} as an eagle{H5404} toward heaven{H8064}.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better{H2896} is the sight{H4758} of the eyes{H5869} than the wandering{H1980}{(H8800)} of the desire{H5315}: this is also vanity{H1892} and vexation{H7469} of spirit{H7307}.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice{H8055}{(H8798)}, O young man{H970}, in thy youth{H3208}; and let thy heart{H3820} cheer{H2895}{(H8686)} thee in the days{H3117} of thy youth{H979}, and walk{H1980}{(H8761)} in the ways{H1870} of thine heart{H3820}, and in the sight{H4758} of thine eyes{H5869}: but know{H3045}{(H8798)} thou, that for all these things God{H430} will bring{H935}{(H8686)} thee into judgment{H4941}.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge{H7124} sitteth{H1716}{(H8804)} on eggs, and hatcheth{H3205}{(H8804)} them not; so he that getteth{H6213}{(H8802)} riches{H6239}, and not by right{H4941}, shall leave{H5800}{(H8799)} them in the midst{H2677} of his days{H3117}, and at his end{H319} shall be a fool{H5036}.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} that the people{H5971} shall labour{H3021}{(H8799)} in the very{H1767} fire{H784}, and the people{H3816} shall weary{H3286}{(H8799)} themselves for very{H1767} vanity{H7385}?
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For{G3754} all{G3956} that 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 pride{G212} of life{G979}, is{G2076}{(G5748)} not{G3756} of{G1537} the Father{G3962}, but{G235} is{G2076}{(G5748)} of{G1537} the world{G2889}.