Ecclesiastes 5:9

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Ecclesiastes 5:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

9 The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

10 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

11 When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

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Genesis 1:29

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 3:17

And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Psalms 104:14

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

Psalms 104:15

wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

Psalms 115:16

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

Proverbs 13:23

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

Proverbs 27:23

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Proverbs 27:24

for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

Proverbs 27:25

When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,

Proverbs 27:26

the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

Proverbs 27:27

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

Proverbs 28:19

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Jeremiah 40:10

As for me, I will stay in Mizpah to represent you before the Chaldeans who come to us. As for you, gather wine grapes, summer fruit, and oil, place them in your storage jars, and live in the cities you have taken.”

Jeremiah 40:11

When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,

Jeremiah 40:12

they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.

1 Samuel 8:12

He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.

1 Samuel 8:13

And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

1 Samuel 8:14

He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

1 Samuel 8:15

He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

1 Samuel 8:16

And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

1 Samuel 8:17

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

1 Kings 4:7

Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,

1 Kings 4:8

and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

1 Kings 4:9

Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

1 Kings 4:10

Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

1 Kings 4:11

Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);

1 Kings 4:12

Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

1 Kings 4:13

Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

1 Kings 4:14

Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

1 Kings 4:16

Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

1 Kings 4:17

Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

1 Kings 4:18

Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

1 Kings 4:19

Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.

1 Kings 4:20

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

1 Kings 4:21

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

1 Kings 4:22

Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,

1 Kings 4:23

ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

1 Chronicles 27:26

Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.

1 Chronicles 27:27

Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

1 Chronicles 27:28

Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.

1 Chronicles 27:29

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

1 Chronicles 27:30

Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

1 Chronicles 27:31

Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.