Ecclesiastes 6:2
"A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease."
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- Ecclesiastes 5:19
"Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 17:14
"From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 73:7
"Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 3:13
"And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days."
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 5:2
"Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Read in chapter → - Job 21:9
"Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them."
Read in chapter → - Daniel 5:18
"O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:"
Read in chapter → - Luke 12:19
"And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 39:6
"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them."
Read in chapter → - 1 Chronicles 29:25
"And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel."
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