Ecclesiastes 5:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:13 —

Old words in this verse

sore: — greatly, very (as in "sore afraid").

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 6:1-2
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: …
Luke 18:22-23
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. …
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Luke 16:22-23
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; …
James 5:1-4
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. …

Topics

Avarice Beneficence Capital and Labor Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness Liberality Love

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-17)

Solomon had shown the vanity of pleasure, gaiety, and fine works, of honour, power, and royal dignity; and there is many a covetous worldling that will agree with him, and speak as slightly as he does of these things; but money, he thinks, is a substantial thing, and if he can but have enough of that he is happy. This is the mistake which Solomon attacks, and attempts to rectify, in these verses;…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13-14. Proofs of God’s judgments even in this world (Pr 11:31). The rich oppressor’s wealth provokes enemies, robbers, &c. Then, after having kept it for an expected son, he loses it beforehand by misfortune (“by evil travail”), and the son is born to be heir of poverty. Ec 2:19, 23 gives another aspect of the same subject.