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Eccl. 5:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

Matt. 6:19,24• ¹⁹Lay not up for you treasures on the earth where moth and rust consume, and where thieves dig through and steal;
²⁴{i}No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.{/i} (Matt. 6:19,24)

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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."

Eccl. 4:8• ⁸There is one, and he hath not a second;{HR}Yea, he hath neither son nor brother;{HR}Yet is there no end of all his labour,{HR}Neither is his eye satisfied with riches.{HR}For whom then, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good?{HR}This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. (Eccl. 4:8)

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Eccl. 6:7• ⁷All the labour of man is for his mouth,{HR}And yet the appetite is not filled. (Eccl. 6:7)

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Psa. 52:1,7• ¹To the chief musician; an instruction of David, when Doeg the Edomite went in, and told Saul and said to him, David went to the house of Ahimelech.{HR}Why boastest thou thyself in evil, mighty man?{HR}The mercy of God [is] all the day.
⁷Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:1,7)

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Psa. 62:10• ¹⁰Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them]. (Psa. 62:10)

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Prov. 30:15‑16• ¹⁵{i}The leech hath two daughters: Give, give.{HR}There are three [things] never satisfied;{HR}Four which say not, It is enough:{HR}{/i}
¹⁶—{i}Sheol, and the barren womb;{HR}The earth which is not filled with water,{HR}And the fire which saith not, It is enough.{/i} (Prov. 30:15‑16)

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Hab. 2:5‑7• ⁵Yea 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.
⁶Shall 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 many pledges!
⁷Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? (Hab. 2:5‑7)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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1 Tim. 6:10• ¹⁰For a root of all evils is the love of money, which some eagerly seeking were led astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains. (1 Tim. 6:10)

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Eccl. 1:17• ¹⁷And I applied my heart to know wisdom,{HR}And to know madness and folly:{HR}I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. (Eccl. 1:17)

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Eccl. 2:11,17‑18,26• ¹¹Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun.
¹⁷So I hated life;{HR}Because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me:{HR}For all [is] vanity and a striving after wind.
¹⁸And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun:{HR}Seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
²⁶For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom,{HR}And knowledge, and joy:{HR}But to the sinner he giveth travail,{HR}To gather and to heap up,{HR}That he may give to him that pleaseth God.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 2:11,17‑18,26)

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Eccl. 3:19• ¹⁹For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts;{HR}Even one thing befalleth them:{HR}As the one dieth, so dieth the other;{HR}Yea, they have all one breath;{HR}And man hath no pre-eminence above the beasts:{HR}For all is vanity. (Eccl. 3:19)

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Eccl. 4:4,8,16• ⁴Then I saw all labour and every skilful work,{HR}That for this a man is envied of his neighbour.{HR}This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
⁸There is one, and he hath not a second;{HR}Yea, he hath neither son nor brother;{HR}Yet is there no end of all his labour,{HR}Neither is his eye satisfied with riches.{HR}For whom then, do I labour, and deprive my soul of good?{HR}This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
¹⁶[There was] no end of all the people,{HR}Of all them over whom he was:{HR}Yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him.{HR}Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 4:4,8,16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver;{HR}Nor he that loveth abundance with increase:{HR}This also is vanity.