Ecclesiastes 5:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Cross References

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root  of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith  and pierced themselves with many griefs.

Matthew 6:24

‘No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 12:15

He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard   against all greed,   because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’

Matthew 6:19

‘Don’t store up for yourselves treasures   on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a person without a companion,  without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches.  ‘Who am I struggling for,’ he asks, ‘and depriving myself of good things? ’ This too is futile and a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labour and all skilful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.  ,

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;  but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight.  This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

When I considered all that I had accomplished  and what I had laboured to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.  , There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same.  As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All of a person’s labour is for his stomach,  , yet the appetite is never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge,  madness and folly;  I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things  are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.  I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.  ,