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5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 4-5)As some are given to appetite (Prov. 23:2) 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 (Prov. 23:4). “Do not aim to be rich , to raise an estate, and to make what thou ...
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