Proverbs 23:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When your eyes light upon it, it is gone, for suddenly it takes wings to itself, flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

And their father Jacob said to them, “I am the one you have bereaved of children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has happened to me!”

Job 27:19

They go to bed with wealth but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.

Psalm 39:6

Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up and do not know who will gather.

Proverbs 27:24

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

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; all is vanity.

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your earnings for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

Jeremiah 22:17

But your eyes and heart are only on your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he may ask you.”

Matthew 6:19

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

1 Timothy 6:17

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 John 2:16

for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.