Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, — riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt.

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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

12Sweet is the sleep of a laboring man, whether he have eaten little or much; but the repletion of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

14For those riches perish by some calamity, and, if he have a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:19Such are the ways of every one greedy of unjust gain; It taketh away the life of the possessor thereof.

Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 23:4Toil not to become rich; Cease from this, 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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