Ecclesiastes 5:13
(5:12) There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely,] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
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Genesis 13:5And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Genesis 19:14And Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Arise, get yourselves out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city; but he seemed as one that jesteth in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
Genesis 19:31And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the country to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Proverbs 1:19So are the paths of every one that is greedy after [unlawful] gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death.
Proverbs 23:4Fatigue thyself not to become rich; because thou hast understanding, forbear.
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 →