Ecclesiastes 5
Treated in 19 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 5:4 When you make a vow to God, do not put off paying it, for he takes no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. 4
- 5:10 Whoever loves money never has enough money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with what comes in. This too is a breath. 4
- 5:1 Watch your step when you go to the house of God. Coming near to listen is better than offering a sacrifice as fools do, for they do not know that they are doing wrong. 3
- 5:2 Do not speak rashly, and do not let your heart be quick to say anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so keep your words few. 3
- 5:13 I have seen a painful misfortune under the sun: wealth hoarded by its owner to the owner's own harm. 2
- 5:5 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not pay it. 1
- 5:8 If you see the poor oppressed in a province, and justice and right taken away by force, do not be surprised at it. One official watches over another, and still higher ones are over them both. 1
- 5:16 This too is a painful misfortune: just as he came, so he must go. And what does he gain from toiling for the wind? 1
- 5:17 All his days he eats in darkness, with much vexation, sickness and anger. 1
Open Word Bible
Where it is preached
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Eccl 5: 1
…may be at the eye. As we are bid to keep our feet when we enter into the house of God (Eccl 5: 1), so we had need make a covenant with our eyes, that we be not distracted by beholding…
- A Call to the Unconverted ·
Sermon IV cites Eccles. v. 1
…of fools (thinking you do God some special service) than to hear his word and obey it,”Eccles. v. 1. 9. Yea, the persons that you converse with, and all their actions, you make the…
- Knots Untied ·
Worship cites Eccles. v. 1
…to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.” (Eccles. v. 1.) It is recorded that our Lord Jesus Christ began and ended His ministry with two…
- Practical Religion ·
Prayer cites Eccles. v. 2
…heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou on earth." (Eccles. v. 2.) When Abraham spoke to God, he said, "I am dust and ashes." When Job spoke, he said, "I…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
The Prayer of Simplicity cites ECCLESIASTES 5:2
…before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. ECCLESIASTES 5:2 Listening to the Word Her deepest reason for silence is a theological one, and it is…
- Lectures to My Students ·
Our Public Prayer cites Eccles. v. 2
…with) is, 'God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.' Eccles. v. 2. For another example under this class see how Habakkuk's sublime words are tortured…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
A Promise at Keble cites Ecclesiastes 5:4
…defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.” — Ecclesiastes 5:4, KJV Oxford at War In December 1916 Jack sat the scholarship examinations at Oxford and…
- C. S. Lewis (For Teens) ·
A Promise at Keble cites Ecclesiastes 5:4
…defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.” — Ecclesiastes 5:4 (KJV) In December 1916 Jack won a scholarship to University College, Oxford. There was…
- Our Daily Walk ·
November cites Eccl 5:4
…by this one mighty Talisman. We must be sure to pay our vows (Ps 116:14, 15, 16, 17, 18; Eccl 5:4, 5). We make vows in our trouble, which we sometimes forget when it is past. Surely, it…
- Practical Religion ·
Riches and Poverty cites Eccles. v. 8
…for He that is higher than the highest regardeth, and there be higher than they." (Eccles. v. 8.) Yes! there is a day of judgment yet to come. That day shall put all in their right…
- Faithful With Little ·
Covetousness, the Respectable Sin cites Ecclesiastes 5:10
…and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with what comes in. This too is a breath.” (Ecclesiastes 5:10) The word translated “breath” is the famous word of Ecclesiastes, often rendered “vanity”…
- Faithful With Little ·
Appendix 1: A 30-Day Reading Plan cites Ecclesiastes 5:10
…Where is my treasure? Where is my heart? Week 2: The heart behind the wallet Day 8. Ecclesiastes 5:10. Whoever loves money never has enough. Where do I struggle to say “enough”? Day 9. Luke…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
The Battle Within cites Ecclesiastes 5:10
…loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income" (Ecclesiastes 5:10). "A greedy man brings ruin to his household" (Proverbs 15:27). "The Lord detests…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Eccl 5: 10
…which will not satisfy us. ‘He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver.’ Eccl 5: 10. Solomon had put all the creatures in a retort, and distilled out their essence, and…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Eccl 5: 13
…they take wings. They are hurtful. ‘Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.’ Eccl 5: 13. It is foolish to trust to that which will hurt one. Who would take hold of the edge of a…
- All Things for Good ·
Why all things work for good cites Eccles. v. 13
…but like the cockatrice’s egg, pernicious. “Riches kept for the hurt of the owner” (Eccles. v. 13). The common mercies wicked men have, are not loadstones to draw them nearer to God, but…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Man's Chief End cites Eccles 5:16
…Israel, in gathering straw, but remember not, that the end of living is to glorify God. Eccles 5:16. ‘What profit has he that laboureth for the wind?’ These things are soon gone. Use two…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Eccl 5: 17
…on the wicked are effects of God’s wrath. ‘He has much wrath with his sickness.’ Eccl 5: 17. Afflictions on the wicked are the pledge and earnest of hell; they are like the…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
…families, and one of them kept it for more than thirty years. Scriptures to revisit Ecclesiastes 5:4-5; Psalm 15:4; Matthew 5:37. Reflection 1. What promises have you made that you are tempted…