Ecclesiastes 5:10 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

YLT

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied with silver, nor he who is in love with stores with increase. Even this is vanity.

DBT

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.

About this book

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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31 verses on the floor

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.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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.
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.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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5 ), lays house to house and field to field ( Isa. v. 8 ), and, like the daughters of the horse-leech, still cries, Give, give. Natural desires are at rest when that which is desired is obtained, but corrupt desires are insatiable. Nature is content with little, grace with less, but lust with nothing.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Not only will God punish at last, but meanwhile the oppressive gainers of "silver" find no solid "satisfaction" in it. shall not be satisfied--so the oppressor "eateth his own flesh" (see on Ec 4:1 and Ec 4:5). with increase--is not satisfied with the gain that he makes.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ECC 5:10MAT 6:24 1JN 2:15-16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 5:10MAT 6:19 HEB 13:5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 5:10MAT 6:24 LUK 16:13
ECC 5:10MAT 6:24 JAS 4:4
ECC 5:10MAT 6:24 1TI 6:9-10
ECC 5:10MAT 6:24 JOS 24:15
ECC 5:10MAT 6:19 LUK 12:21
ECC 5:10LUK 12:15 1TI 6:6-10

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