Proverbs 23:5

Modern English Version

Will you let your eyes fly after that which is not? For such wealth certainly sprouts wings, flying away like an eagle to the heavens.

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

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

Job 27:19

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

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Vanity of vanities,” says Qoheleth, “vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Teacher, “everything is vanity!”

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and your heart are intent only on your covetousness and on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and violence.

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him and look after him, and do not harm him. But do to him just as he says to you.”

Matthew 6:19

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

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—is not of the Father, but is of the world.