Cross references
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?
Ecclesiastes 5:11 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 2:16 (7 votes) and Habakkuk 2:13 (5 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 12 to 1 John 2.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 5:11 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 1 John 2:167 votes
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Habakkuk 2:135 votes
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
- Psalm 119:36–374 votes
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Proverbs 23:54 votes
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
- Ecclesiastes 6:93 votes
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Genesis 12:162 votes
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- Genesis 13:22 votes
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Genesis 13:5–72 votes
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist. …
- Joshua 7:21–252 votes
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. …
- 1 Kings 5:13–162 votes
Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel. He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. …
- Nehemiah 5:17–182 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:92 votes
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- 1 Kings 4:22–231 vote
- Jeremiah 17:111 vote
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 5:11?
The 10 strongest of 14.