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Proverbs 23:5

התעוף עֵינֶיךָ בּוֹ וְֽאֵינֶנּוּ כִּי עָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂה ־ לּוֹ כְנָפַיִם כְּנֶשֶׁר ועיף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4אַל ־ תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל ׃

6אַל ־ תִּלְחַם אֶת ־ לֶחֶם רַע עָיִן וְאַל ־ תתאו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו ׃

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Cross References

Job 1:14וּמַלְאָךְ בָּא אֶל ־ אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַר הַבָּקָר הָיוּ חֹֽרְשׁוֹת וְהָאֲתֹנוֹת רֹעוֹת עַל ־ יְדֵיהֶֽם ׃

Psalms 39:6הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת ׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּֽל ־ הֶבֶל כָּל ־ אָדָם נִצָּב סֶֽלָה ׃

Proverbs 27:24כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן וְאִם ־ נֵזֶר לְדוֹר דור ׃

Ecclesiastes 5:13וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ מְאֽוּמָה ׃

Isaiah 55:2לָמָּה תִשְׁקְלוּ ־ כֶסֶף בְּֽלוֹא ־ לֶחֶם וִיגִיעֲכֶם בְּלוֹא לְשָׂבְעָה שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ אֵלַי וְאִכְלוּ ־ טוֹב וְתִתְעַנַּג בַּדֶּשֶׁן נַפְשְׁכֶֽם ׃

Jeremiah 39:12קָחֶנּוּ וְעֵינֶיךָ שִׂים עָלָיו וְאַל ־ תַּעַשׂ לוֹ מְאוּמָה רָּע כִּי אם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ כֵּן עֲשֵׂה עִמּֽוֹ ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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