Ecclesiastes 5:14

American Standard Version 2015

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Cross References

Haggai 1:9

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the man that pleaseth him {\i God} giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.\par

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?\par\tab For {\i riches} certainly make themselves wings,\par\tab Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walketh in a vain show;\par\tab Surely they are disquieted in vain:\par\tab He heapeth up {\i riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,\par\tab And taketh it even out of the thorns;\par\tab And the snare gapeth for their substance.

1 Kings 14:26

and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

1 Samuel 2:36

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, {\i namely}, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Job 1:21

and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lived he blessed his soul\par\tab (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself),