Ecclesiastes 5:11

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat lttle or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

Cross References

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Habakkuk 2:13

Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.

Proverbs 23:5

Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.

Genesis 13:2

And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

Genesis 12:16

And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days he shall leave them: and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.