Ecclesiastes 5:13

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Cross References

Genesis 14:16

And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons in law as one that mocked.

Genesis 19:26

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

Job 20:20

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

Proverbs 1:19

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: But righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not for ever; And doth the crown endure unto all generations?

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

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 shall make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

Luke 16:19

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.