Ecclesiastes 5:13

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to marry his daughters. ‘Get up,’ he said. ‘Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city! ’  But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Luke 16:19

‘There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen,   feasting lavishly every day.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold will be unable to rescue them on the day of the  Lord’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will make a complete, yes, a horrifying end of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm.

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.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.

Proverbs 1:32

For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.

Genesis 14:16

He brought back all the goods and also his relative Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the other people.

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor,  Lord. And if I have extorted  anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.’

Isaiah 2:20

On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.

Genesis 19:26

But Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.

Job 20:20

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not let anything he desires escape.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!

Proverbs 27:24

for wealth is not for ever; not even a crown lasts for all time.