Proverbs 23:5

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.

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 [dishonest] gain.

"But there is nothing [in] your eyes and your heart {except} your unlawful gain, and on shedding the blood of the innocent, and on committing oppression and extortion."

because everything [that is] in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.

That which

And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me--Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you would take! All of this [is] against me!

"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"

"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"

Why do you weigh out money for [what is] not food, and your labor for {what cannot satisfy}? Listen carefully to me, and eat [what is] good, and let your soul take pleasure in {rich} food.

But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as [if they] do not have [wives],

Riches

For riches [are] not forever, nor a crown for generation [after] generation.

And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding {beside them}.

Surely a man walks about as a [mere] {shadow}; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up [possessions] but does not know who [will] gather them [in].

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

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!

General references

Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals [be] ours? Only let us give consent to them so they will live among us."

May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you.

By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,