Ecclesiastes 5:10

“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, etc.] The tillage of the earth is necessary, a very laudable and useful employment, and men do well to busy themselves in it; without this, neither the common people nor the greatest personages can be supplied with the necessaries of life; but then an immoderate love of money is criminal, which is here meant by loving silver, one kind of money, which when loved beyond measure is the root of all evil; and besides, when a man has got ever so much of it, he is not satisfied, he still wants more, like the horse leech at the vein cries Give, give; or he cannot eat silver, so Jarchi; or be “fed with money”, as Mr. Broughton renders it; and…”

“Not only will God punish at last, but meanwhile the oppressive gainers of "silver" find no solid "satisfaction" in it. shall not be satisfied--so the oppressor "eateth his own flesh" (see on Ecc 4:1 and Ecc 4:5). with increase--is not satisfied with the gain that he makes.”

“5:10 Because we are created as spiritual and not just physical beings, possessions and wealth can never completely satisfy us.”

“He that: The more he gets, the more he would get; for Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crescit, "The love of money increases, in proportion as money itself increases." Ecc 4:8, Ecc 6:7; Psa 52:1, Psa 52:7, Psa 62:10; Pro 30:15, Pro 30:16; Hab 2:5-7; Mat 6:19, Mat 6:24; Luk 12:15; Ti1 6:10 this: Ecc 1:17, Ecc 2:11, Ecc 2:17, Ecc 2:18, Ecc 2:26, Ecc 3:19, Ecc 4:4, Ecc 4:8, Ecc 4:16 Ecclesiastes 5:11”

“"He who loveth silver is not satisfied with silver; and he whose love cleaveth to abundance, hath nothing of it: also this is vain." The transition in this series of proverbs is not unmediated; for the injustice which, according to Ecc 5:7, prevails in the state as it now is becomes subservient to covetousness, in the very nature of which there lies insatiableness: semper avarus eget, hunc nulla pecunia replet. That the author speaks of the "sacra fames argenti" (not auri) arises from this, that not זהב, but כסף, is the specific word for coin. (Note: A Jewish fancy supposes that כסף is chosen because it consists of letters rising in value (20, 60, 80); while, on the contrary, זהב consists of…”