Ecclesiastes 5:11
New King James Version
11 When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?
1 John 2:16
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16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (A)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
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Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts
That the peoples labor [a]to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:13 Lit. for what satisfies fire, for what is of no lasting value
Proverbs 23:5
New King James Version
5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:5 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
Psalm 119:36-37
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36 [a]Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to (A)covetousness.
37 (B)Turn[b] away my eyes from (C)looking at worthless things,
And revive me in [c]Your way.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:36 Cause me to long for
- Psalm 119:37 Lit. Cause my eyes to pass away from
- Psalm 119:37 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Tg. Your words
Ecclesiastes 6:9
New King James Version
9 Better is [a]the (A)sight of the eyes than the wandering of [b]desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit. soul
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Seek God in Early Life
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
Nehemiah 5:17-18
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17 And (A)at my table were one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. 18 Now that (B)which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of this (C)I did not demand the governor’s provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
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1 Kings 5:13-16
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13 Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; (A)Adoniram was in charge of the labor force. 15 (B)Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains, 16 besides three thousand [a]three hundred from the (C)chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work.
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- 1 Kings 5:16 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX six hundred
Joshua 7:21-25
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21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I [a]coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver under it. 23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the Lord. 24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and (A)all that he had, and they brought them to (B)the Valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, (C)“Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” (D)So all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.
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- Joshua 7:21 desired
Genesis 13:5-7
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5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now (A)the land was not able to [a]support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was (B)strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. (C)The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
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- Genesis 13:6 Lit. bear
Genesis 13:2
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2 (A)Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
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Genesis 12:16
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16 He (A)treated Abram well for her sake. He (B)had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
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Jeremiah 17:11
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11 “As a partridge that [a]broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It (A)will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be (B)a fool.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:11 Sits on eggs
1 Kings 4:22-23
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22 (A)Now Solomon’s [a]provision for one day was thirty [b]kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal, 23 ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
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- 1 Kings 4:22 Lit. bread
- 1 Kings 4:22 Each about 5 bushels
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