Ecclesiastes 5:11

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

Cross References (14)

  • 1 John 2:16 (7)

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Fa

  • Habakkuk 2:13 (5)

    Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselv

  • Psalms 119:36–37 (4)

    Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

  • Proverbs 23:5 (4)

    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

  • Ecclesiastes 6:9 (3)

    Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

  • 1 Kings 5:13–16 (2)

    Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.

  • Genesis 12:16 (2)

    He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maid

  • Genesis 13:5–7 (2)

    Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 (2)

    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of you

  • Joshua 7:21–25 (2)

    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fif

  • Genesis 13:2 (2)

    And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

  • Nehemiah 5:17–18 (2)

    There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.

  • 1 Kings 4:22–23 (1)

    Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,

  • Jeremiah 17:11 (1)

    Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his ric