Ecc 5:10-11
10 Whoever loves money never has money enough;
whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.
This too is meaningless.
11 As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owner
except to feast his eyes on them?
We always want more than we have. Solomon observed that those who love
money and seek it obsessively never find the happiness it promises.
Wealth also attracts freeloaders and thieves who want it, causes
sleeplessness and fear, and ulimately ends in loss because it must be
left behind (Mark 10:23-25); Luke 12:16-21). No matter how much you
earn, if you try to create happiness by accumulating wealth you will
never have enough. Money in itself is not wrong but loving money leads
to all sorts of sin. Whatever financial situation you are in, don't
depend on money to make you happy. Instead use what you have for the
Lord.
Other Scripture References
Prov 21:17
17 He who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Prov 22:16
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and he who gives gifts to the rich-both come to poverty.
Prov 23:6-7
6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man,
do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is the kind of man
who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
Ecc 2:10-11
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my work,
and this was the reward for all my labor.
11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
Ecc 4:8
8 There was a man all alone;
he had neither son nor brother.
There was no end to his toil,
yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
"For whom am I toiling," he asked,
"and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?"
This too is meaningless-
a miserable business!
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