Proverbs 23:5

Reise not thin iyen to richessis, whiche thou maist not haue; for tho schulen make to hem silf pennes, as of an egle, and tho schulen flee in to heuene.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

In Context

4Nyle thou trauele to be maad riche, but sette thou mesure to thi prudence.

6Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis;

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Cross References

Job 1:14a messanger cam to Job, `whiche messanger seide, Oxis eriden, and femal assis `weren lesewid bisidis tho;

Psalms 39:6Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre.

Proverbs 27:24For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun.

Ecclesiastes 5:13For thei perischen in the worste turment; he gendride a sone, that schal be in souereyn nedynesse.

Isaiah 55:2Whi peisen ye siluer, and not in looues, and youre trauel, not in fulnesse? Ye herynge here me, and ete ye good, and youre soule schal delite in fatnesse.

Jeremiah 39:12Take thou him, and sette thin iyen on hym, and do thou no thing of yuel to him; but as he wole, so do thou to hym.

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