Proverbs 23:5
It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
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4Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!
6Don't accept meal invitations from miserly people; don't be greedy for their fancy food,
Cross References
Job 1:14a messenger came to Job and told him, “As the oxen were plowing and female donkeys were grazing nearby,
Psalms 39:6Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.
Proverbs 27:24for wealth doesn't last forever—is a crown passed down through all generations?
Ecclesiastes 5:13I observed something here that is really sickening: people who hoard money damage themselves.
Isaiah 55:2Why are you spending money on what isn't food, and why work for something that doesn't satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: eat what is good, and you'll enjoy the very best food.
Jeremiah 39:12“Go and get Jeremiah and watch out that nothing bad happens to him. Do whatever he wants.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:5-6
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. As some are given to appetite ( v. 2 ) so others to covetousness, and those Solomon here takes to task. Men cheat themselves as much by setting their hearts on money (though it seems most substantial) as by setting them on dainties. Observe, I. How he dissuades the covetous man from toiling and tormenting himself ( v. 4 ). "Do… Read the whole commentary →