Ecclesiastes 5:10

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 5:10 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 1 Timothy 6:1025 votes

   For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

2. Matthew 6:2419 votes

   No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

3. Luke 12:1516 votes

   And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

4. Matthew 6:1914 votes

   Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

5. Ecclesiastes 4:810 votes

   There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

6. Ecclesiastes 2:269 votes

   To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

7. Ecclesiastes 4:49 votes

   I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

8. Psalm 62:108 votes

   Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

9. Psalm 52:77 votes

   “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

10. Habakkuk 2:5–76 votes

    and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own. Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ …

11. Ecclesiastes 2:115 votes
12. Proverbs 30:15–164 votes
13. Ecclesiastes 3:194 votes
14. Ecclesiastes 4:164 votes
15. Ecclesiastes 1:173 votes
16. Ecclesiastes 2:17–183 votes
17. Ecclesiastes 6:73 votes
18. Psalm 52:11 vote

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 5:10?

The 10 strongest of 18.

• Matthew 6:19 24
• Luke 12:15 20
• Proverbs 15:16 12
• Ecclesiastes 1:2 12
• Matthew 13:22 12
• Proverbs 27:20 7
• Mark 4:19 7
• Genesis 13:6 5
• Exodus 20:17 5
• Ecclesiastes 4:8 5