Proverbs 23:5

New Messianic Version Bible

Will youi set youi eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:24

For riches [are] not forever: and does the crown [endure] to every generation?

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.

1 Timothy 6:17

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

Matthew 6:19

Again he said to them: “Do not keep on heaping up treasures on earth so that decay and grub devour it or thieves dig through and steal them”

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all [is] vanity.

Genesis 42:36

And Ya’akov (he who holds onto the heel of) their father said unto them, Me have youf bereaved [of my children]: Yosef (Increaser; May God the Powerful One add [Yah]) [is] not, and Shim’on (heard; he who hears; man of hearing) [is] not, and you1sf will take Binyamin (This Son Is Strength) [away]: all these things are against me.

Jeremiah 22:17

But youri eyes and youri heart [are] not but for youri covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.

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.

Isaiah 55:2

For what reason do you2f spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfies not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat you2f [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Job 27:19

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

Jeremiah 39:12

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