Ecclesiastes 5:13

American King James Version (1999)

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons in law.

Luke 16:19

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither said he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a sore travail.

Proverbs 11:4

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

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof.

Genesis 14:16

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

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself 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

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Proverbs 23:4

Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?