Proverbs 23:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:24 : 24 For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
  • Jas 5:1-2 : 1 Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon `you'; 2 your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,
  • Gen 42:36 : 36 and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'
  • Job 1:14-17 : 14 And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides, 15 and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.' 16 While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.' 17 While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith, `Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.'
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
  • Ps 119:36-37 : 36 Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. 37 Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole `is' vanity.
  • Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil. 14 And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
  • Eccl 12:8 : 8 Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole `is' vanity.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for that which is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And your soul doth delight itself in fatness.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 `Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having; 30 and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing; 31 and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:3-4
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    83%

    3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.

    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Prov 28:22
    80%

    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Prov 23:6
    76%

    6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

  • Jer 17:11
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    11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

  • Ps 62:10
    75%

    10Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.

  • Prov 27:23-24
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    73%

    23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

    24For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.

  • Job 28:7
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    7A path -- not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    73%

    10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.

    11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

  • Job 36:19
    72%

    19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    72%

    9and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

  • Prov 11:28
    71%

    28Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

  • Jer 5:27
    71%

    27As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    71%

    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • Ps 49:6
    71%

    6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

  • Ps 39:6
    71%

    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

  • Eccl 10:20
    71%

    20Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    70%

    17Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

  • Job 9:26
    70%

    26They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darteth on food.

  • Prov 1:17
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    17Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

  • Job 27:19
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    19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

  • Matt 6:19
    70%

    19`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Job 39:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26By thine understanding flieth a hawk? Spreadeth he his wings to the south?

    27At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

  • Ps 52:7
    70%

    7`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

  • Eccl 6:2
    70%

    2A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Jas 5:2
    69%

    2your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

  • Job 15:29
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    29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

  • Luke 12:33
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    33sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

  • Jas 1:11
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    11for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

  • Obad 1:4
    69%

    4If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Job 15:12
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    12What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?

  • Prov 18:11
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    11The wealth of the rich `is' the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

  • Job 35:5
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    5Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

  • Ezek 28:5
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    5By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.

  • Job 39:13
    68%

    13The wing of the rattling ones exulteth, Whether the pinion of the ostrich or hawk.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.