Ecclesiastes 5:11
The more you earn, the more you have eating into your income. It only looks like you have more!
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Genesis 12:16Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her, giving him sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
Genesis 13:5Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had many flocks, herds, and tents,
1 Kings 4:22The food required every day for Solomon's court was thirty cors of the best flour and sixty cors of meal;
Nehemiah 5:17I had 150 Jews and officials eating at my table, as well as visitors from nearby countries.
Proverbs 23:5It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
Ecclesiastes 11:9Young people, enjoy your youth! Be happy with what's good! While you're young, let your mind guide your life, and do as you think best. But remember that God will judge you for all your thoughts and actions.
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 →