Ecclesiastes 5:13

New King James Version

There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.

Cross References

Genesis 19:14

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.

Luke 16:19

“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be able to deliver them In the day of the Lord’s wrath; But the whole land shall be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, “For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

Genesis 14:16

So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.

Luke 19:8

Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats,

Genesis 19:26

But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Job 20:20

“Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

But those riches perish through misfortune; When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.