Proverbs 23:5

Kufumba na kufumbua utajiri hutoweka, 2 huwa kama umepata mabawa ghafula, 2 ukaruka na kutoweka angani kama tai. 1

Biblia (Kiswahili)

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

4Usijitaabishe ili kuupata utajiri, 2 uwe na hekima kuonyesha kujizuia. 1

6Usile chakula cha mtu mchoyo, 2 usitamani vyakula vyake vitamu, 1

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Cross References

Job 1:14akaja mjumbe kwa Ayubu na kusema, “Maksai walikuwa wakilima na punda walikuwa wakilisha karibu nao,

Psalms 39:6Hakika kila binadamu ni kama njozi 2 aendapo huku na huko: 1 hujishughulisha na mengi lakini ni ubatili; 2 anakusanya mali nyingi, 2 wala hajui ni nani atakayeifaidi. 1

Proverbs 27:24Kwa kuwa utajiri haudumu milele, 2 nayo taji haidumu vizazi vyote. 1

Ecclesiastes 5:13Nimeshaona uovu mzito chini ya jua: 1 Utajiri uliolimbikizwa kwa kujinyima 2 na kuleta madhara kwa mwenye mali, 1

Isaiah 55:2Kwa nini kutumia fedha kwa kitu ambacho si chakula, 2 na kutaabikia kitu kisichoshibisha? 1 Sikilizeni, nisikilizeni mimi na mle kilicho kizuri, 2 nazo nafsi zenu zitafurahia utajiri wa unono. 1

Jeremiah 39:12“Mchukue umtunze. Usimdhuru, lakini umfanyie chochote anachotaka.”

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