Proverbs 23:5

New International Reader's Version

When you take even a quick look at riches, they are gone. They grow wings and fly away into the sky like an eagle.

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have taken my children away from me. Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

Job 27:19

Sinful people lie down wealthy, but their wealth is taken away. When they open their eyes, everything is gone.

Psalm 39:6

People are only shadows as they go here and there. They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything. They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will finally get it.

Proverbs 27:24

Riches don’t last forever. And a crown is not secure for all time to come.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is completely meaningless! Nothing has any meaning.”

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Meaningless! Everything is meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Nothing has any meaning.”

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on what is not food? Why work for what does not satisfy you? Listen carefully to me. Then you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the richest food there is.

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind is to get rich by cheating others. You would even kill people who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. You would mistreat them. You would take everything they own.”

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him. Look after him. Don’t harm him. Do for him anything he asks.”

Matthew 6:19

“Do not gather for yourselves riches on earth. Moths and rats can destroy them. Thieves can break in and steal them.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command people who are rich in this world not to be proud. Tell them not to put their hope in riches. Wealth is so uncertain. Command those who are rich to put their hope in God. He richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

1 John 2:16

Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful desires want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They take pride in what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. None of it comes from the Father.