Ecclesiastes 5:12

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I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:24 : 24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
  • Jer 31:26 : 26 At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
  • Ps 4:8 : 8 You have put more joy in my heart than when their grain and new wine abound.
  • Ps 127:2 : 2 It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Eccl 5:9-11
    3 verses
    79%

    9Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

    10As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

    11The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.

  • Prov 20:13
    78%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Ps 127:2
    78%

    2It is futile for you to rise early and stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for He grants sleep to His beloved.

  • Prov 24:33-34
    2 verses
    77%

    33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

    34and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.

  • Prov 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9How long will you lie there, sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:15
    75%

    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

  • Eccl 6:2
    74%

    2God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires. Yet God does not enable him to enjoy them, but instead a foreigner eats them. This is meaningless and a grievous misfortune.

  • Job 27:19
    73%

    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Eccl 5:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

    18Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

    19For they seldom reflect on the days of their life because God keeps them occupied with joy in their hearts.

  • Eccl 8:16
    72%

    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

  • Eccl 2:23-25
    3 verses
    72%

    23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

    24There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

  • Jer 31:26
    72%

    26At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 13:11
    72%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 10:4
    72%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Job 33:15
    71%

    15In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while they slumber on their beds,

  • Prov 16:26
    71%

    26The laborer’s appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 3:24
    71%

    24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • Prov 4:16
    71%

    16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • Eccl 6:5
    71%

    5Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

  • Job 20:18
    71%

    18He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

  • Prov 13:23
    71%

    23An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.

  • Prov 28:19
    70%

    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

  • Prov 13:4
    70%

    4The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

  • Deut 24:12
    70%

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

  • Job 4:13
    70%

    13In disquieting dreams from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

  • Prov 28:22
    70%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Ps 37:16
    70%

    16Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Prov 10:15
    70%

    15The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.