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Proverbs 23:5

World English Bible

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

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Proverbs 23:5 in other translations

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

Proverbs 23:5 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:5 in context

  1. 3Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
    since they are deceitful food.
  2. 4Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
    In your wisdom, show restraint.
  3. 5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
    For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
  4. 6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
    and don’t crave his delicacies:
  5. 7for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.