Ecclesiastes 5:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

Sleep is sweet to one who works, whether he consumes little or much. But the satiation of a wealthy man will not permit him to sleep.

Cross References

Genesis 12:16

In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.

Proverbs 23:5

Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

So then, rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart remain in what is good during the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and with the perception of your eyes. And know that, concerning all these things, God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I surpassed in opulence all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also persevered with me.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is even another most burdensome infirmity, which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept to the harm of the owner.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It is better to see what you desire, than to desire what you cannot know. But this, too, is emptiness and a presumption of spirit.

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge has hatched eggs that she did not lay; a man has gathered riches, but without judgment. In the midst of his days, he will leave it all behind, and he will be foolish concerning his very end."

Habakkuk 2:13

Are not these things before the Lord of hosts? For the people will labor amid a great fire, and the nations will labor in emptiness, and they will fail.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.