Ecclesiastes 5:10
In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes?
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Psalms 52:1For the end, a Psalm of David upon Maeleth, of instruction.
Psalms 62:10But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.
Ecclesiastes 1:17And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 3:19Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18
The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 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? 12 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.… Read the whole commentary →