He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. Cross References Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing. Ecclesiastes 2:10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Ecclesiastes 2:11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: "For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?" This too is futile--a miserable task. Ecclesiastes 5:9 The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields. Treasury of Scripture He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 6:7 Psalm 52:1,7 this Ecclesiastes 1:17 Ecclesiastes 2:11,17,18,26 Ecclesiastes 3:19 |