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Ecc 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

He that		"The more he gets, the more he would get; for Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit, ""The love of money increases, in proportion as money itself increases."" Ecc 4:8; Ecc 6:7; Psa 52:1,7; Psa 62:10; Pro 30:15,16; Hab 2:5-7; Mat 6:19,24; Luk 12:15; 1Ti 6:10"
this		Ecc 1:17; Ecc 2:11,17,18,26; Ecc 3:19; Ecc 4:4,8,16

Correlating Passages

He that

	Ecc 4:8	There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
	Ecc 6:7	All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
	Psa 52:1	[[To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.]] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.
	Psa 52:7	Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
	Psa 62:10	Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
	Pro 30:15	The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
	Pro 30:16	The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.
	Hab 2:5	Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
	Hab 2:6	Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
	Hab 2:7	Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
	Mat 6:19	Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
	Mat 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.
	Luk 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.
	1Ti 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.

this

	Ecc 1:17	And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 2:11	Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
	Ecc 2:17	Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 2:18	Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
	Ecc 2:26	For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 3:19	For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
	Ecc 4:4	Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 4:8	There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
	Ecc 4:16	[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 5:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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