Proverbs 23:5

Wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it and it is not? for making, it will make to it wings; as an eagle and it flew to the heavens.

Proverbs 27:24

For not strength forever, and not consecration to generation and generation.

1 Timothy 6:17

To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father will say to them, Me ye bereaved of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin: all these things were against me.

Job 1:14-17

And a messenger came to Job; and he will say, The oxen were ploughing, and the he asses were feeding upon their hands.

Psalm 39:6

Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart to thy testimonies and not to plunder.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.

Isaiah 55:2

Wherefore will ye weigh silver without bread? and your labour not for fulness? hearing, hear ye to me, and eat good, and your soul shall delight in fatness.

Jeremiah 22:17

For thine eyes and thy heart not but for thy plunder and for guiltless blood to pour out, and for oppression and for running, to do.

Matthew 6:19

Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

And this I say, brethren, the time is restricted; as to the rest, that they also having wives should be as not having;

James 5:1-2

Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.

1 John 2:16

For every thing which in the world, the eager desire of the flesh, and the eager desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Thou

Psalm 119:36
Incline my heart to thy testimonies and not to plunder.
Jeremiah 22:17
For thine eyes and thy heart not but for thy plunder and for guiltless blood to pour out, and for oppression and for running, to do.
1 John 2:16
For every thing which in the world, the eager desire of the flesh, and the eager desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

That which

Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father will say to them, Me ye bereaved of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin: all these things were against me.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; vanity of vanities, all vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity.
Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore will ye weigh silver without bread? and your labour not for fulness? hearing, hear ye to me, and eat good, and your soul shall delight in fatness.
1 Corinthians 7:29
And this I say, brethren, the time is restricted; as to the rest, that they also having wives should be as not having;

Riches

Proverbs 27:24
For not strength forever, and not consecration to generation and generation.
Job 1:14
And a messenger came to Job; and he will say, The oxen were ploughing, and the he asses were feeding upon their hands.
Psalm 39:6
Surely in a shadow a man will go about: surely they will be disquieted in vain: he will store up, and he knew not who shall gather them.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.
Matthew 6:19
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal:
1 Timothy 6:17
To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;
James 5:1
Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.

General references

Genesis 34:23
Their cattle and their possession and all their quadrupeds, shall they not be to us? only we will consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
Proverbs 4:25
Thine eyes shall look straight before, and thine eyelashes shall be right before thee.
Ezekiel 28:4
With thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou madest to thee wealth, and thou wilt make gold and silver in thy treasures.
Matthew 6:19
Treasure not up to you treasures upon earth, where moth and gnawing destroy, and thieves dig through and steal: