Ecclesiastes 5:10 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:10

10: Those who love money will never have enough. How absurd to think that wealth brings true happiness!

For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

"No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Then he said, "Beware! Don't be greedy for what you don't have. Real life is not measured by how much we own."

"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal.

This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, "Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?" It is all so meaningless and depressing.

Then I observed that most people are motivated to success by their envy of their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless. It was like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.

Don't try to get rich by extortion or robbery. And if your wealth increases, don't make it the center of your life.

God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. Even this, however, is meaningless, like chasing the wind.

Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They range far and wide, with their mouths opened as wide as death, but they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and peoples.
But the time is coming when all their captives will taunt them, saying, `You thieves! At last justice has caught up with you! Now you will get what you deserve for your oppression and extortion!'
Suddenly, your debtors will rise up in anger. They will turn on you and take all you have, while you stand trembling and helpless.

For humans and animals both breathe the same air, and both die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!

He might become the leader of millions and be very popular. But then the next generation grows up and rejects him! So again, it is all meaningless, like chasing the wind.

The leech has two suckers that cry out, "More, more!" There are three other things--no, four!--that are never satisfied:
the grave, the barren womb, the thirsty desert, the blazing fire.

"Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness."

So I worked hard to distinguish wisdom from foolishness. But now I realize that even this was like chasing the wind.

All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.

So now I hate life because everything done here under the sun is so irrational. Everything is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
I am disgusted that I must leave the fruits of my hard work to others.

You call yourself a hero, do you? Why boast about this crime of yours, you who have disgraced God's people?

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