Proverbs 23:5

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Proverbs 23:5

When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

1 Timothy 6:17

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me."

Job 1:14-17

and there came a messenger to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

Psalm 39:6

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says 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 were kept by their owner to his hurt,

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."

Matthew 6:19

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

James 5:1-2

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from 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 to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."

For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

That which

And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me."

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,

Riches

for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

and there came a messenger to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

General references

Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.

by your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,