Ecclesiastes 5:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

Cross References

Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

Proverbs 13:23

The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

a person who has no one, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.