Ecclesiastes 5:11

I ka mahuahua ana o na mea maikai, mahuahua no hoi ka poe e hoopau ana ia mau mea; a heaha ka pono i loaa mai i ka poe nana ia mau mea? O ka ike wale ana o ko lakou mau maka.

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10O ka mea makemake i ke kala, aole pau kona ono i ke kala; a o ka mea makemake i na mea nui, aole ia e ana i ka nui o ka waiwai. He mea lapuwale keia.

12Ua lea ka hiamoe o ka poe hana, ke ai unku lakou a ke ai nui hoi; aka, o ka maona nui o ka mea waiwai, he mea ia e lea ole ai kona hiamoe ana.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:16Lokomaikai mai la oia ia Aberama no Sarai: a ia ia na hipa, na bipi, na hoki, na kauwakane, na kauwawahine, na hokiwahine, a me na kamelo.

Genesis 13:5A o Lota hoi, ka mea i hele pu me Aberama, he hipa no kana me na bipi a me na halelewa.

1 Kings 4:22A o ka ai na Solomona i ka la hookahi, he kanakolu kora palaoa maikai, a me na kora huita wali he kanaono:

Nehemiah 5:17A o ka poe o Iuda, a me na luna ma kau papaaina hookahi haneri a me kanalima kanaka, a me ka poe no hoi i hele mai la io makou nei no ko na aina e mai a puni makou.

Proverbs 23:5E kau anei oe i kou mau maka ma ka mea e ole ana? No ka mea, e hana io no ia mea i mau eheu nona iho; Me he aeto la e lele aku ai i ka lewa.

Ecclesiastes 11:9E ke kanaka ui, e olioli oe i kou wa ui, a e hoohauoli kou naau ia oe iho i kou mau la opiopio, a e hele ma na aoao o kou naau iho, a ma ka ike ana o kou mau maka; aka hoi, e ike pono oe, e hookomo ana ke Akua ia oe iloko o ka hookolokoloia, no keia mau mea a pau.

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