Ecclesiastes 5:9

A Conservative Version

Moreover the abundance of the land is for all. The king [himself] is served by the field.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor, but there is [that is] consumed because of injustice.

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

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

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.