Ecclesiastes 5:10

New Century Version

Whoever loves money will never have enough money; Whoever loves wealth will not be satisfied with it. This is also useless.

Cross References

Psalm 52:1

Mighty warrior, why do you brag about the evil you do? God’s love will continue forever.

Psalm 52:7

“Look what happened to the man who did not depend on God but depended on his money. He grew strong by his evil plans.”

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in force. Stealing is of no use. Even if you gain more riches, don’t put your trust in them.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I decided to find out about wisdom and knowledge and also about foolish thinking, but this turned out to be like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

Everything is boring, so boring that you don’t even want to talk about it. Words come again and again to our ears, but we never hear enough, nor can we ever really see all we want to see.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

Anything I saw and wanted, I got for myself; I did not miss any pleasure I desired. I was pleased with everything I did, and this pleasure was the reward for all my hard work.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at what I had done, and I thought about all the hard work. Suddenly I realized it was useless, like chasing the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do here on earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

The same thing happens to animals and to people; they both have the same breath, so they both die. People are no better off than the animals, because everything is useless.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

Many followed him at first, but later, they did not like him, either. So fame and power are useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I realized the reason people work hard and try to succeed: They are jealous of each other. This, too, is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

I saw a man who had no family, no son or brother. He always worked hard but was never satisfied with what he had. He never asked himself, “For whom am I working so hard? Why don’t I let myself enjoy life?” This also is very sad and useless.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The wealth of the country is divided up among them all. Even the king makes sure he gets his share of the profits.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

People work just to feed themselves, but they never seem to get enough to eat.

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t store treasures for yourselves here on earth where moths and rust will destroy them and thieves can break in and steal them.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters. The person will hate one master and love the other, or will follow one master and refuse to follow the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly riches.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. Life is not measured by how much one owns.”

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the faith, because they wanted to get more money, but they have caused themselves much sorrow.