Ecclesiastes 5:13 Cross References - Thomson

¹³ There is a weakness which I have seen under the sun: riches kept by one for his descendant to his own hurt.

⁵ Now Lot who accompanied Abram had flocks and herds and tents, ⁶ so that the land would not admit of their living together. Because their substance was great and the land did not admit of their living together, ⁷ and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited that land; ⁸ therefore Abram said to Lot, Let there be no quarreling between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren. ⁹ Behold is not the whole land before thee? Separate from me. If thou incline to the left, I will take the right. Or if thou go to the right, I will go to the left. ¹⁰ Then Lot raised his eyes and took a view of all the country bordering on the Jordan. For before God overthrew Sodom and Gormorra it was all watered till it reacheth Zogora, like the paradise of God, and like the land, of Egypt. ¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the country bordering on the Jordan; and Lot removed to the eastern border. And the brothers separated one from the other. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan;

¹⁶ And he brought back all the cavalry of the Sodomites. He brought back also his nephew Lot and all his substance and the women and the people.

¹⁴ Upon this Lot went out and spoke to his sons in law, who had bethrothed his daughters and said, Arise and depart from this place; for the Lord is going to destroy this city. But he seemed to his sons in law to be mocking.

²⁶ And Lot's wife having looked back was turned into a pillar of salt.

³¹ And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old and there is none in this land who will come in unto us, as is customary in all the earth. ³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him that we may raise up seed from our father. ³³ So they made their father drink wine that very night, and the elder having gone in lay with her father that night, and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ³⁴ And on the next night the elder said to the younger, Lo! I lay with our father last night, let us make him drink wine this night also, and do thou go in and lie with him and let us raise up seed from our father. ³⁵ So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger went in and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ³⁶ Thus the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father. ³⁷ And the eldest bore a son and called his name Moab, saying From my father. He is the father of the present Moabites. ³⁸ And the youngest also bore a son and called his name Amman saying, Son of the same as I. He is the father of the present Ammanites.

¹¹ saying, Come with us; partake of blood; and let us hide in the earth an innocent man without cause, ¹² and swallow him up alive, as the grave, and take away from earth the remembrance of him. ¹³ Let us seize his precious substance and fill our houses with spoils.

¹⁹ Such are the ways of all who commit iniquitous deeds. For by wickedness they destroy their own soul.

³² For, because they wronged infants they shall be slain: and a rigorous inquest shall destroy the wicked.

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²⁴ There are some who scattering their substance make it more: and some who gather and make it less. ²⁵ A soul is blessed which is altogether sincere: but a passionate man is not respected.

⁸ Here is a single individual who hath no second; at least he hath neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labour. His eye is not satisfied with riches, yet doth he say, For whom do I labour and deprive my soul of good? Surely this is vanity and a sore vexation.

¹ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and itis common among men; ² a man to whom God giveth riches and wealth and glory, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he can desire; but God granteth him not a power to eat thereof. In as much as a stranger is to devour it, this is vanity and grievous infirmity.

⁹ Having taken a view of this as a whole, I applied my heart to every work which is done under the sun; to all those things in which man exerciseth authority over man to his hurt.

²⁰ For on that day men will cast to the bats their abominations both of silver and gold, which they made to worship vanities;

⁶ For the fool will speak foolishly, and his heart will devise vain things; that he may commit iniquity, and utter error before the Lord in order to scatter hungry souls: and the thirsty souls he will send away empty. ⁷ For the counsel of the wicked will devise unlawful devices to destroy the poor with unjust pleas; and to baffle the pleas of the poor in judgment. ⁸ But the pious have counselled with understanding; and their counsel shall be established."

¹⁸ . And their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of the indignation of the Lord. By the fire of his zeal the whole land shall be consumed, for he will bring speedy destruction on all the inhabitants of this land.

¹⁶ Then he spoke a parable to them saying, There was a certain rich man, whose ground produced plenteously. ¹⁷ Whereupon he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do; for I have not room to store my crops. ¹⁸ Then he said, I will do this. I will pull down my store houses and build larger, and there lay up all my produce and my good things. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful. ²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided? ²¹ Thus let every one [say] to himself who is heaping up treasure and is not rich for God.

¹ Then he said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward. And this steward was accused of having wasted his substance. ² So having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer be steward. ³ Thereupon the steward said within himself, What am I to do, since my lord taketh from me the stewardship; I am not able to dig: to beg I am ashamed. ⁴ I am resolved what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, I may be received into their houses. ⁵ So having sent severally for every of his lord's tenants, he said to the first, How much art thou to pay to my lord? ⁶ And he said, A hundred baths of oil. Thereupon he said to him, Take thy lease, and sit down quickly, and write Fifty. ⁷ Then he said to another, And how much art thou to pay? And he said, a hundred cores of wheat. Whereupon he saith to him, Take thy lease and write eighty. ⁸ And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had acted prudently. Because the children of this world are more prudent for their generation, than the children of the light, are for theirs; ⁹ therefore I say to you, From the worldly prudence of this unrighteousness, make ye friends for yourselves, that when you fail, ye may be received into the everlasting abodes. ¹⁰ He who is faithful in very little, is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in very little, is unjust also in much. ¹¹ If you then were not faithful with this unjust worldly prudence who will entrust to you the true? ¹² And if you were not faithful with that which is another's, will any one give you that to be your own? ¹³ No servant can serve two masters; for he will either hate one, and love the other; or he will attach himself to one, and despise the other: you cannot serve God and worldly prudence.

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man who was clad with purple and cotton robes, and who feasted daily in a splendid manner.

²² At length this poor man died, and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man died also, and was buried. ²³ And in the mansion of the dead having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he seeth Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

²² Upon hearing this, Jesus said to him, There is still one thing wanting to thee. Sell all that thou hast and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me. ²³ At hearing this he was very sorrowful; for he was very rich.

⁸ Whereupon Zaccheus, standing up, said to the Lord, Behold, Sir, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have wronged any man, I make him fourfold restitution:

⁹ But they who determine to be rich, fall headlong into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evil; to gratify which, some have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him? ⁶ But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals? ⁷ Do they not revile that honourable name by which you are called?

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.