Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun: 1 riches hoarded by the owner, resulting in his own misery. 1

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

In Context

12The sleep of a working man is sweet, 2 whether he eats little or a lot, 1 but the wealth of a rich person does not allow him to sleep well.

14When the rich man loses his wealth through bad luck, 2 his own son, one whom he has fathered, is left with nothing in his hands. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:5Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

Genesis 19:14Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had promised to marry his daughters, and said, “Quick, get out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.

Genesis 19:31The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere to sleep with us according to the way of all the world.

Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who gains riches by injustice; 1 unjust gain takes away the lives of those who hold on to it. 1

Proverbs 11:4Wealth is worthless on the day of wrath, 1 but doing right keeps you from death. 1

Proverbs 23:4Do not work too hard to gain wealth; 1 be wise enough to know when to stop. 1

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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