Ecclesiastes 5:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Should the riches be lost through some misfortune, they may have offspring when they have no means.

Cross References

Genesis 14:16

He recovered all the possessions. He also recovered his kinsman Lot and his possessions, along with the women and the other people.

Genesis 19:14

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had contracted marriage with his daughters. “Come on, leave this place,” he told them; “the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

Genesis 19:26

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.

Job 20:20

For he has known no quiet in his greed, in his treasure he cannot save himself.

Proverbs 1:19

This is the way of everyone greedy for loot: it takes away their lives.

Proverbs 1:32

For the straying of the naive kills them, the smugness of fools destroys them.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is useless on a day of wrath, but justice saves from death.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to gain wealth, cease to be worried about it;

Proverbs 27:24

For wealth does not last forever, nor even a crown from age to age.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

those all alone with no companion, with neither child nor sibling—with no end to all their toil, and no satisfaction from riches. For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good things? This also is vanity and a bad business.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As they came forth from their mother’s womb, so again shall they return, naked as they came, having nothing from their toil to bring with them.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All these things I saw and I applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun, while one person tyrannizes over another for harm. The Problem of Retribution.

Isaiah 2:20

On that day people shall throw to moles and bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold which they made for themselves to worship.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of the Lord’s wrath, in the fire of his passion, all the earth will be consumed. For he will make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth.

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.”