...desires two hundred. If he attains two hundred, he desires four hundred" (Koheleth Kabbah 1 : 34). as it is written, "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver" (Ecclesiastes 5:9). XXVIII. A third consideration: Time grows short and there is much work — the...

...of vanities. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there...

...parallelism of the two hemistiches is destroyed. The correct translation, the plain translation, should say: 'He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth wealth with increase (or gain)'. Now, in the second hemistich, the negation expressed in the Hebrew...

...the eyes, and the pride of life. These things never satisfy the unbeliever, let alone the believer. "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase" (Eccl. 5:10). "The folks who spend their days In buying cars and clothes and rings Don't seem to know...

...1:8). The eye is not satisfied with riches (4:8). Solomon reiterates the same theme with a variation, "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity" (5:10). Isaiah asks a probing question: "Wherefore do ye spend money for that...

...anything he desired. But all this was 'futility and a grasping at the wind' (2:11, Scott). In short, 'He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase'; man's wants 'are never satisfied' (5:10, AV; 6:7, Scott). Death is the great leveller (2:16). The positive...

...invited, 'Come up here', than be humiliated in the presence of the prince. Proverbs 25:6-7 NJB 6.13 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there...

...thirst again. So when the body is clothed, it will yet desire more clothing. Ecclesiastes 5:10 says, "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity." A famous billionaire was asked (he tells the story in his autobiography), "How...

...higher than they. Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there...

...Avarice fetters a man with worldly cares, and makes of toil and traffic thick ropes about his arms, as it is written, "He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver" (Eccl. 5:9). The love of money distracts him from the performance of religious duties, for under the...