Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
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In Context
4Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
Cross References
Job 1:14There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places,
Psalms 39:6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
Proverbs 27:24For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
Ecclesiastes 5:13And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.
Jeremiah 39:12Take him, and looke well to him, and doe him no harme, but doe vnto him euen as he shall say vnto thee.
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 →