THEOSISProverbs 23:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
התעוף הֲתָ֤עִיף עֵינֶ֥יךָ בּ֗וֹ וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ כִּ֤י עָשֹׂ֣ה יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣וֹ כְנָפַ֑יִם כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר ועיף יָע֥וּף הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 27:24For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but is of the world.
- Matt 6:19Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.
- Jas 5:1Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
- Jas 5:2Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
- 1 Tim 6:17Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)
- Ps 119 (118):36
- Ps 119 (118):37