Proverbs 23:5

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Proverbs 23:5

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

Genesis 42:36

Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."

Job 1:14-17

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

Psalm 39:6

"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

Psalm 119:36-37

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward 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 which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

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 doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Matthew 6:19

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

James 5:1-2

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

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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

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

But your eyes and your heart are not 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, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

That which

Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to 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 I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

Riches

for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

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

"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

General references

Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."

Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.

by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;