Ecclesiastes 5:9
He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
In Context
8And the abundance of the earth is ouer all: the King also consisteth by the fielde that is tilled.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life.
1 Kings 4:7And Salomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel, which prouided vitailes for the King and his housholde: eche man had a moneth in the yeere to prouide vitailes.
Psalms 104:14He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,
Proverbs 13:23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:5-9
The Obligation of a Vow. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.… Read the whole commentary →