Proverbs 23:5

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to 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 27:19

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not.

Psalm 39:6

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

Proverbs 27:24

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

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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

Ecclesiastes 12:8

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

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? 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 to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Jeremiah 39:12

Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you.

Matthew 6:19

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

1 Timothy 6:17

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

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.