Proverbs 23:5

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Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.

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  • Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
  • Jas 5:1-2 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'
  • Job 1:14-17 : 14 a messenger came to Job and said, 'The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.' 17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties, swept down on the camels, and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.
  • Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Turn my heart toward Your testimonies and not toward selfish gain. 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
  • Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit. 14 As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not. 30 Those who weep, as if they did not weep; those who rejoice, as if they did not rejoice; those who buy, as if they did not possess. 31 And those who use the things of this world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:3-4
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    3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Prov 23:6
    76%

    6Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • Prov 27:23-24
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    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

    24For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

  • Job 28:7
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    7No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the hawk's eye seen it.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

    11The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits them no sleep.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Jer 5:27
    71%

    27Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    71%

    13Or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children, there is nothing left for them to inherit.

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Ps 39:6
    71%

    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • Eccl 10:20
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    20Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report what you say.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    70%

    17Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

  • Job 9:26
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    26They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

  • Prov 1:17
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    17Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird,

  • Job 27:19
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    19The rich man lies down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Matt 6:19
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    19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Job 39:26-27
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    26Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?

    27Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?

  • Ps 52:7
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    7But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires. Yet God does not enable him to enjoy them, but instead a foreigner eats them. This is meaningless and a grievous misfortune.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Jas 5:2
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    2Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He will no longer be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread out across the land.

  • Luke 12:33
    69%

    33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

  • Jas 1:11
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    11For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

  • Obad 1:4
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    4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

  • Job 15:12
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    12Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash?

  • Prov 18:11
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    11The wealth of the rich is like their fortified city; they imagine it is a wall too high to scale.

  • Job 35:5
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    5Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

  • Ezek 28:5
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    5By your great skill in trading, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has grown proud because of your wealth.

  • Job 39:13
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    13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who hides his eyes will receive many curses.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.