Proverbs 23:5

WEB

⁵Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

KJV

⁵Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

BSB

⁵When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

FBV

⁵It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.

Extra References

Proverbs 27:24

²⁴for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

1 John 2:16

¹⁶For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Matthew 6:19

¹⁹“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

James 5:1-2

¹Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. ²Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

¹⁷Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

Psalms 119:36-37

³⁶Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. ³⁷Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Genesis 42:36

³⁶Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

Ecclesiastes 12:8

⁸“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher. “All is vanity!”

Ecclesiastes 1:2

²“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

²⁹But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none; ³⁰and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess; ³¹and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.