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

Bow my heart to Your testimonies, and not to unjust gain.

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your unjust gain, and to shed innocent blood, and for cruelty, and to do violence.

because 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 to them, You have bereaved me. Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin. 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.

Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

But this I say, brothers, The time is short. It remains that both those who have wives should be as not having one.

Riches

For riches are not forever; nor the crown from generation to generation.

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.

Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.

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

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.

Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

General references

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.

Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made riches for yourselves, and have worked gold and silver into your treasuries.

Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.