Proverbs 23:5

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Proverbs 23:5

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

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Job 1:14-17

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

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

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

James 5:1-2

Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

1 John 2:16

For 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 your testimonies, and not to covetousness.

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

For 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 unto them, Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

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

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

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Riches

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:

Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are in turmoil in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

General references

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Let your eyes look directly forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries:

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: