Ecclesiastes 5:13

A Conservative Version

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches [were] kept by the owner of it to his hurt.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place, for LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as a man jesting.

Luke 16:19

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of LORD's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. [There is] a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [he says], do I labor, and deprive my soul of

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.

Luke 19:8

And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats,

Genesis 19:26

But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Job 20:20

Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich. Out of thine own wisdom, cease.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations?