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Time after Pentecost · Proper 24 · Year B

Ecclesiastes 5:10-20

The Vanity of Riches

October 17, 2027

Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Globe, Shells, Jewelry Box and Other Objects, Pieter Claesz
Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Globe, Shells, Jewelry Box and Other Objects, Pieter Claesz, c. 1630sPrivate collection (attrib. WGA)
A skull, a globe, shells from the other side of the world and an open jewel box, all lit in a near-monochrome grey.The lover of money will not be satisfied with money, nor the lover of wealth with gain. As they came from their mother's womb, so they shall go again, naked.Pieter ClaeszA Haarlem painter who, with Willem Heda, invented the near-monochrome Dutch breakfast piece and the vanitas still life.Private collection (attrib. WGA)In private hands; the painting is known from reproduction rather than from a wall.Private collection (attrib. WGA)
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 10:23-31Mk 10:23-31
EpistleHeb. 4:1-13 (14-16)Heb 4:1-13 (14-16)
Old TestamentEccl. 5:10-20Eccl 5:10-20
PsalterPs. 119:9-16Ps 119:9-16

Overview & Insights

"He who loves money will not be satisfied with money." (Ecclesiastes 5:10)

The Preacher observes that wealth never satisfies and cannot be carried beyond death. He concludes that it is good and fitting to eat, drink, and find enjoyment in one's toil as a gift from God.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Ecclesiastes 5Enduring Word: Eccl 5 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Ecclesiastes 5 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Eccl 5 Commentary Precept Austin

Study page gathering many commentators on the vanity of riches.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 5:10BibleHub: Commentaries on Eccl 5:10 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the love of money.

StudyLight: Ecclesiastes 5 CommentariesStudyLight: Eccl 5 Commentaries StudyLight

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Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Ecclesiastes OverviewBibleProject: Eccl Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the design and message of Ecclesiastes.

Sefaria: Ecclesiastes 5 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Eccl 5 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Ecclesiastes 5 InterlinearBibleHub: Eccl 5 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Ecclesiastes 5Catena: Eccl 5 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Ecclesiastes 5.

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