Ecclesiastes 5:10

Good News Translation

If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless.

Cross References

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast, great one, of your evil? God's faithfulness is eternal.

Psalm 52:7

“Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety, but trusted instead in great wealth and looked for security in being wicked.”

Psalm 62:10

Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

Everything leads to weariness—a weariness too great for words. Our eyes can never see enough to be satisfied; our ears can never hear enough.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Anything I wanted, I got. I did not deny myself any pleasure. I was proud of everything I had worked for, and all this was my reward.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I thought about all that I had done and how hard I had worked doing it, and I realized that it didn't mean a thing. It was like chasing the wind—of no use at all.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

After all, the same fate awaits human beings and animals alike. One dies just like the other. They are the same kind of creature. A human being is no better off than an animal, because life has no meaning for either.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There may be no limit to the number of people a king rules; when he is gone, no one will be grateful for what he has done. It is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—and a miserable way to live.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Even a king depends on the harvest.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

We do all our work just to get something to eat, but we never have enough.

Matthew 6:19

“Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal.

Matthew 6:24

“You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Luke 12:15

And he went on to say to them all, “Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be.”

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.