King James Version with Apocrypha
"There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt."
— Ecclesiastes 5:13, King James Version with Apocrypha
“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”
“There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt: ”
“There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.”
“Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.”
“For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.”
“There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.”
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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?
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?