“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.”

Context & Editorial Note

This verse appears in Ecclesiastes, a wisdom text concerned with the limits of human effort, possession, and earthly gain. In the King James Version, published in 1611, its language presents continued desire for wealth and increasing abundance as unable to produce lasting satisfaction. The passage is a literary reflection on vanity rather than a practical financial instruction, and the record presents its wording and setting without extending its claims beyond the biblical text.