Proverbs 23:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
James 5:1-2
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. …

Topics

Avarice Beneficence Care Carnal Mindedness Covetousness Cupidity Greed Heart

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(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 h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

4-5. (Compare 1Ti 6:9, 10). thine own wisdom--which regards riches intrinsically as a blessing.