Proverbs 23:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.”
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“When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? Forrichescertainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 23:5 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Job 1:14a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
- Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Psalms 39:6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Proverbs 27:24for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
- Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
- Ecclesiastes 12:8“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
- Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
- Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Jeremiah 39:12“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
- Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
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