Proverbs 23:5

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Proverbs 23:5

wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

Proverbs 27:24

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

1 Timothy 6:17

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

Job 1:14-17

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

Psalm 39:6

Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:

James 5:1-2

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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Summary

Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Thou

Psalm 119:36

Jeremiah 22:17

1 John 2:16

That which

1 Corinthians 7:29

Riches

James 5:1

General references

Bible References

Thou

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

That which

And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:

Riches

for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt;

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.

General references

Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;