Proverbs 23:5

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Proverbs 23:5

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

1 Timothy 6:17

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

Genesis 42:36

and Jacob their father saith unto them, 'Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'

Job 1:14-17

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

Psalm 39:6

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

Psalm 119:36-37

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

Matthew 6:19

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

James 5:1-2

Go, 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 desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

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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

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

because all that is in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

That which

and Jacob their father saith unto them, 'Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole is vanity.

Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.

Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

Riches

For riches are not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;

General references

their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'

Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,