Ecclesiastes 5:11
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“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?”Ecclesiastes 5:11
What Does Ecclesiastes 5:11 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 5:11 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 5, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Poverty & Wealth.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 5:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 John 2:16“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”Habakkuk 2:13“Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?”Psalms 119:36“Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.”Proverbs 23:5“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”Ecclesiastes 6:9“Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”John 6:27“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”Genesis 12:16“And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.”Genesis 13:2“And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.”Genesis 13:5“And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.”Joshua 7:21“When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.”1 Kings 5:13“And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.”Nehemiah 5:17“Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.”Ecclesiastes 6:8“For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?”Ecclesiastes 11:9“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.”1 Kings 4:22“And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,”Jeremiah 17:11“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”
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