Ecclesiastes 5:11
When blessings are increased, increased are the eaters thereof,—what profit, then, to the owner of them saving the sight of his eyes?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Genesis 12:16and with Abram, dealt he well for her sake,—so that he came to have flocks and herds and he-asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses and camels.
Genesis 13:5Now, Lot also, who was going with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
1 Kings 4:22And it came to pass, that Solomon’s provision for one day was,—thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal;
Nehemiah 5:17And, Jews and deputies, a hundred and fifty men, and they who were coming in unto us from among the nations which were round about us, [depended] upon my table.
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou—in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes,—yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.
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 →