Proverbs 23:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:24 : 24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
  • Jas 5:1-2 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
  • Job 1:14-17 : 14 And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: 15 And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. 16 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. 17 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
  • Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire. 37 Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
  • Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand. 14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not; 30 And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing; 31 And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:3-4
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    83%

    3Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

    4Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • Prov 28:22
    80%

    22He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Prov 23:6
    76%

    6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

  • Jer 17:11
    76%

    11Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

  • Ps 62:10
    75%

    10Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Prov 27:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

    24For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

  • Job 28:7
    73%

    7No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    73%

    10When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

    11The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • Prov 13:7
    73%

    7A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Hab 2:9
    72%

    9A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Job 36:19
    72%

    19...

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    72%

    9But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

  • Prov 28:20
    72%

    20A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 11:28
    71%

    28He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Jer 5:27
    71%

    27As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    71%

    13And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

    14As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • Ps 49:6
    71%

    6Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Ps 39:6
    71%

    6Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Eccl 10:20
    71%

    20Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    70%

    17Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

  • Job 9:26
    70%

    26They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

  • Prov 1:17
    70%

    17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

  • Job 27:19
    70%

    19He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

  • Matt 6:19
    70%

    19Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

  • Eccl 6:9
    70%

    9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Prov 5:10
    70%

    10And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Job 39:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

    27Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

  • Ps 52:7
    70%

    7See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Eccl 6:2
    70%

    2A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Jas 5:2
    69%

    2Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

  • Job 15:29
    69%

    29He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

  • Luke 12:33
    69%

    33Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

  • Jas 1:11
    69%

    11For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

  • Obad 1:4
    69%

    4Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.

  • Job 15:12
    69%

    12Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;

  • Prov 18:11
    68%

    11The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

  • Job 35:5
    68%

    5Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

  • Ezek 28:5
    68%

    5By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

  • Job 39:13
    68%

    13Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

  • Prov 28:27
    68%

    27He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Jer 9:23
    68%

    23This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

  • Prov 11:4
    68%

    4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.