Ecclesiastes 5:13

And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

14As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go with him in his hand.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:5And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, + 13:5 Alex. cattle.and tents.

Genesis 19:14And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:31And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth.

Proverbs 1:19These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

Proverbs 23:4If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

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 →

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