Ecclesiastes 5:11 BSB

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּרְבוֹת֙	bir.Vot	when increases	H7235 →
הַטּוֹבָ֔ה	ha.to.Vah	the good	H2896 →
רַבּ֖וּ	ra.Bu	they increase	H7231 →
אוֹכְלֶ֑יהָ	'okh.Lei.ha	[those who] consume it	H398 →
וּמַה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
כִּשְׁרוֹן֙	kish.rOn	profit	H3788 →
לִבְעָלֶ֔יהָ	liv.'a.Lei.ha	[belongs] to owner<s> its	H1167 →
כִּ֖י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
רְא֥וּת	re.'i.yat	[the] sight of	H7212 →
עֵינָֽיו׃	'ei.Nav	eyes his	H5869 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
leads to
- Romans 13:14
  Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 5:17
  For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- Psalms 119:36–37
  Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Genesis 3:6
  When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave…
- Proverbs 27:20
  Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Through
Proverbs 23:5
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:24
  for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
- 1 John 2:16
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Through
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
  I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?Psalms 119:36–37Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Joshua 7:21–25When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”1 Kings 5:13–16Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.Genesis 13:2And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.Genesis 12:16He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.Nehemiah 5:17–18There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.Genesis 13:5–7Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.Ecclesiastes 6:8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?1 Kings 4:22–23Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

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