Ecclesiastes 5:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 5:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 5:11 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholdin..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 — KJV
“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?”
— Ecclesiastes 5:11 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:11 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 5:11
“For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:11: eat, good, thereof
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:11: eat, good, thereof
“Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:11: goods, eat, good
“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:11: goods, increase, increased
“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely...: Heb. dying thou shalt die”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 5:11: eat, good, thereof
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