Proverbs 23:5
Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
6Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
Cross References
Job 1:14And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said,—The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them;
Psalms 39:6Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.
Proverbs 27:24For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation:—
Ecclesiastes 5:13Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
Isaiah 55:2Wherefore should ye spend, Money, for that which is not bread? Or your labour, for that which, satisfieth not? Keep on hearkening unto me, And, so eat that which is good, And let your soul take exquisite delight in fatness:
Jeremiah 39:12Take him and, thine eyes, set thou upon him, and do not unto him any harmful thing,—but just as he shall speak unto thee, so, shalt thou do with him.
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 →