Ecclesiastes 5:13

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

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Job 20:20
There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

Psalms 17:14
With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

Psalms 37:16
The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

Psalms 49:10
For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Proverbs 16:16
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

Proverbs 27:24
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

1 Timothy 6:6
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:

1 Timothy 6:7
For we came into the world with nothing, and we are not able to take anything out;

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Psalms 52:7
See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

Psalms 62:10
Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

Proverbs 18:11
The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

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Proverbs 1:19
Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

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Proverbs 11:24
A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

Proverbs 21:13
He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

Proverbs 28:27
He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

Isaiah 43:23
You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

Malachi 3:8
Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

Matthew 26:7
There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.

Matthew 26:8
But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

John 12:5
Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

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Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:23
All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

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Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Ecclesiastes 12:14
God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

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Isaiah 15:7
For this cause they will take away their wealth, and the stores they have got together, over the stream of the water-plants.

Jeremiah 48:36
So my heart is sounding for Moab like the sound of pipes, and my heart is sounding like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: for the wealth he has got for himself has come to an end.

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