Ecclesiastes 5:11

Young's Literal Translation 1898

In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

Cross References

Genesis 12:16

and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.

Genesis 13:2

and Abram is exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Proverbs 23:5

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Sweet is the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Jeremiah 17:11

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end--he is a fool.

Habakkuk 2:13

Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world--the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life--is not of the Father, but of the world,