*Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.*
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! American Standard Version (1901) He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity. Common English Bible The money lover isn’t satisfied with money; neither is the lover of wealth satisfied with income. This too is pointless. Catholic Public Domain Version Where there are many riches, there will also be many to consume these things. And how does it benefit the one who possesses, except that he discerns the wealth with his own eyes? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes? |
*Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.*
Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
*Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
*No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
He said to them, *Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.*
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.