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Ecclesiastes 5:10

Money and wealthContentmentDiscouragement and depression

8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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BSB
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
KJV
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
WEB
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
ASV
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
DARBY
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
BLB
The one loving silver will not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves increase not [with] increase. This also [is] vapor.
ÅB
Den som elsker penger, blir ikke mett av penger, og den som elsker rikdom, får aldri nok; også det er tomhet.
OTB
Den som elsker penger vil aldri få nok; den som elsker rikdom vil ikke bli tilfreds med sin inntekt. Også dette er tomhet.
B1930
Den som elsker penger, blir ikke mett av penger, og den som elsker rikdom, får aldri nok; også det er tomhet.

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Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 6:10

    For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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  • Matthew 6:24

    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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  • Luke 12:15

    And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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  • Matthew 6:19

    Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:8

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

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:26

    For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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  • Ecclesiastes 4:4

    Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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  • Psalms 62:10

    Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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