Proverbs 23:5 (KJV)

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

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Cross-references

thou. Ps 119:36 Ps 119:37 Jer 22:17 1Jo 2:16

that which. Ge 42:36 Ec 1:2 Ec 12:8 Isa 55:2 1Co 7:29-31

riches. Pr 27:24 Job 1:14-17 Ps 39:6 Ec 5:13 Ec 5:14 Mt 6:19 1Ti 6:17 Jas 5:1 Jas 5:2

set thine eyes upon. Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon, etc."He expresses it in such a way," says Abp. Tillotson, "as if a rich man sat brooding over an estate till it was fledged, and gotten itself wings to fly away."

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