Ecclesiastes 5:13

Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire

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. ¹³ There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil. ¹⁴ And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

In the World

On Earth

Under the Sun

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great on man:

Genesis 13:5-11

And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents;

Genesis 14:16

and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people.

Genesis 19:14

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, 'Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as one mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:26

And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

Genesis 19:31-38

And the first-born saith unto the younger, 'Our father is old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as is the way of all the earth;

Proverbs 1:11-13

If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,

Proverbs 1:19

So are the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 11:24-25

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and he saith not, 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.

Isaiah 32:6-8

For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

Zephaniah 1:18

Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!

Luke 12:16-21

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

Luke 16:1-13

And he said also unto his disciples, 'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

Luke 16:19

And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

Luke 16:22-23

And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

Luke 18:22-23

and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

Isaiah 2:20

In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

Luke 19:8

And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, 'Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

1 Timothy 6:9-10

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

James 2:5-7

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

James 5:1-4

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;